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

Wed 18 October 2023
Gresham College - Barnard's Inn Hall & Online
Sat 9 December 2023
Online

Announcements & Blogs

Announcement
Post date: Thu 2 March 2023 - 16.52

From our Twitter feed

March 23
RT : Celebrate the spring equinox by learning a little about this Assyrian tablet, found in 1856, from the Neo-Assyrian… https://t.co/wnnIfMOtHQ
March 23
Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827) worked in astronomy, analysis & probability, born 23 Mar https://t.co/G27D1hJVdX
March 22
Irving Kaplansky (1917-2006) made major contributions to ring theory, group theory and field theory, born 22 Mar https://t.co/6dJCG8iicK
March 21
RT : "De Revolutionibus orbium coelestium" was published in 1542, Nuremberg two months before its author, Nicolaus… https://t.co/QDh30GQwDl
March 21
Joseph Fourier (1768-1830) solved heat diffusion PDE using an infinite series of trig functions, born 21 Mar https://t.co/4ncWB1Y5y9