Welcome to the British Society for the History of Mathematics
Welcome to the British Society for the History of Mathematics
The British Society for the History of Mathematics:
- promotes and encourages research into the history of mathematics and the dissemination of the results of that research;
- develops awareness of the history of mathematics for the public benefit; and
- supports teachers and lecturers at all levels of mathematics education to incorporate the history of mathematics into their teaching, enriching their students' experience.
Upcoming Events
Fri 9 September 2022 to Sat 10 September 2022
University of Durham
Announcements & Blogs
Announcement
Post date: Thu 21 April 2022 - 10.55
From our Twitter feed
May 26
Jump on a concorde with us! Take a flight to the unseen heights of the "History of Mathematics and Flight" event in… https://t.co/F5e8ev90YL
May 26
RT @snezanalawrence: In 1711 he wrote the famous book "The Doctrine of Chance: A method of calculating the probabilities of events in pl… https://t.co/wMNsVQbDUG
May 26
RT @snezanalawrence: the derivation of formulas for annuities based on a postulated law of mortality, and constant rates of interest on… https://t.co/tTX0xKTunz
May 26
RT @snezanalawrence: Abraham de Moivre was #botd in 1667, and apparently predicted his own death on 27 November 1754. We owe such deligh… https://t.co/P6DxDTlSQb
May 26
Abraham de Moivre (1667-1754) worked on analytic geometry and probability, born 26 May https://t.co/PugpuuhdiN