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
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From our Twitter feed
July 6
Alfred Kempe (1849-1922) found a false proof of 4 colour thm that was the basis for the eventual proof, born 6 Jul https://t.co/g1smj30hRy
July 6
RT @snezanalawrence: New History and Pedagogy of Mathematics Newsletter is now online! You can read it here https://t.co/RLICvW0trY
July 5
RT @snezanalawrence: Hugo Duminil-Copin for solving longstanding problems in the probabilistic theory of phase transitions in statistica… https://t.co/mchUr0Tbxc
July 5
RT @snezanalawrence: June Huh for bringing the ideas of Hodge theory to combinatorics, the proof of the Dowling–Wilson conjecture for ge… https://t.co/BFfseuqhIZ
July 5
RT @snezanalawrence: James Maynard for contributions to analytic number theory, which have led to major advances in the understanding of… https://t.co/mW2nXahevO