History of Mathematics Strand at the British Mathematical Colloquium

There will be a history of mathematics workshop during the BMC.

History workshop programme:

Monday 11, 15.40-17.00

Ursula Martin (Oxford): The rise of modern patronage, the social, and the impact of mathematics

Kevin Tracey (Swansea & Science Museum): Calculating value: Reading the scribal technologies of early modern mathematics

Tuesday 12, 10.00-11.00

Clifford Cocks: The Discovery of Public Key Cryptography

15.30-17.30

Brigitte Stenhouse (Open University): Embracing nature in formulae: the hidden mathematics of Mary Somerville

Edmund Robertson (St Andrews): Mary Everest Boole: the first mathematical psychologist

Jane Wess (Edinburgh): Maths and maps: a comparison of mathematical theory and cartographic practice

Wednesday 13, 14.00-16.00

Tony Mann (Greenwich): Mathematics instructors at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich

Amirouche Moktefi (Tallinn University of Technology): Playing by the rules: Venn versus Carroll

Rosemary Bailey (St Andrews): Latin squares: some history, with an emphasis on their use in designed experiments