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.
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July 27
RT @snezanalawrence: Johann Bernoulli was #botd in 1667. Here's a talk about him and his brother, and their teacher Leibniz, given in 20… https://t.co/eQ4vNdyDBS
July 27
Pierre-Louis Maupertuis (1698-1759) formulated the principle of least action, died 27 Jul https://t.co/Ote3Upt7B9
July 26
Zhao Youqin (1271-about1335) worked in astronomy, maths & physics, with particular skills in optics, born 26 Jul https://t.co/yhCQbRkCbz
July 25
Johann Benedict Listing (1808-1882) wrote one of the earliest texts on Topology, born 25 Jul https://t.co/RWbEEtPgTI
July 24
Émile Picard (1856-1941) worked in algebraic geometry as well as elasticity, heat and electricity, born 24 Jul https://t.co/4t0RQoMsUj