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

Sat 1 July 2023
Royal Observatory Greenwich
Wed 18 October 2023
Gresham College - Barnard's Inn Hall & Online
Sat 9 December 2023
Online

From our Twitter feed

May 29
Frans van Schooten (1615-1660) contributed to the spread of Cartesian geometry, died 29 May https://t.co/iYUM7pzIft
May 28
Hans Zassenhaus (1912-1991) worked on group theory and Lie algebras, born 28 May https://t.co/eEulTtoqy7
May 27
Arthur Schonflies (1853-1928) worked on set theory & crystallography, classified the 230 space groups, died 27 May https://t.co/zhy8C51x8m
May 26
RT : Check out this History of Mathematics collection courtesy of ! All FREE Access!! FYI https://t.co/D75i3YmqCl
May 26
Abraham de Moivre (1667-1754) worked on analytic geometry and probability, born 26 May https://t.co/PugpuuhdiN