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 7 December 2024
Online
Sat 22 February 2025
The Queen's College, Oxford
Sat 29 March 2025
Bletchley Park, MK3 6EB

From our Twitter feed

July 12
Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) best known for the invention of the geodesic dome, born 12 Jul https://t.co/3CNJC9aN5a
July 11
RT : Well I hear I've got this book in my post! Looking forward to reading it when I get back to university and reviewin… https://t.co/KKzoNN4bRY
July 11
RT : (1/3) It's about time got started up again. If you like maths and, more to the point, meeting… https://t.co/1DR3X8Zf0j
July 11
Joseph Larmor (1857-1942) worked on electricity, dynamics and thermodynamics, born 11 Jul https://t.co/IFhxXFwuLt
July 10
Roger Cotes (1682-1716) worked on logarithms, integral calculus & numerical methods, born 10 Jul https://t.co/6kmOcRmqIy