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
From our Twitter feed
June 7
RT @snezanalawrence: And still worth reading (very much so), here's his seminal paper on Computable Numbers, in which he for the first t… https://t.co/YIC82piIYV
June 7
RT @snezanalawrence: universally admired for his work. As we think about the AI, here's a thought from the distant 1943, as reported by… https://t.co/dTFGj9RYun
June 7
RT @snezanalawrence: One of the greatest minds, Alan Turing, #dotd in 1954. Having helped the war effort by his work on Enigma machine,… https://t.co/7FXkXzWtUh
June 7
Alan Turing (1912-1954) did fundamental work in the theoretical foundations of computer science, died 7 Jun https://t.co/6s7ZSzdumI
June 6
Max Zorn (1906-1993), of Zorn's lemma, was born 6 Jun https://t.co/lnELkR5Li9