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
Thu 29 April 2021 to Fri 30 April 2021
Online, possibly with local hubs
Announcements & Blogs
From our Twitter feed
December 3
Felix Bernstein (1878-1956) worked in set theory & transfinite ordinal numbers, died 3 Dec https://t.co/c4Cj5WRC1K
December 2
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) best known for the map projection which bears his name, died 2 Dec https://t.co/XOnO4YWuyG
December 1
Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792-1856) published first account of non-Euclidean geometry in print, born 1 Dec https://t.co/f1OliE6KfL
December 1
RT @snezanalawrence: And her thesis is still very much an important contribution to scholarship on Kepler: A mathematical elucidation of… https://t.co/ks8t917Z7m
December 1
RT @snezanalawrence: How this came about can be found in her paper published in the British Journal on the History of Mathematics https://t.co/Hib05YkWwj