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 1
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716) one inventor of the Calculus, invented the Stepped Reckoner, born 1 Jul https://t.co/RicFzps9Uk
June 30
William Oughtred (1574-1660) invented early slide rule & many new symbols incl. × for multiplication, died 30 Jun https://t.co/qOr8QFGL3P
June 29
Prasanta Mahalanobis (1893-1972) made important contributions to statistics and to its application in meteorology a… https://t.co/kdDyZlyU9H
June 29
RT @roger_mansuy: Photographie de la classe de mathématiques de Helen Shafer au Wellesley College (Massachusetts) en 1886.
Remarquez… https://t.co/pSVQCsyYj5
June 29
RT @RabbiMitelman: @SinaiSynapses Fellowship alumnus @bsgallagher interviewed physicist Jim Al-Khalili to discuss the joy of scientifi… https://t.co/jPHAtqL9sU