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Mathematical Practice and the 18th-Century British Voyages of Scientific Exploration
THE 2019 BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS / GRESHAM COLLEGE ANNUAL LECTURE
The event will focus upon mathematical expeditions, outlining…
6 years, 6 months ago
Privateer and Mathematician: The Voyages of Edward Wright
THE 2019 BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS / GRESHAM COLLEGE ANNUAL LECTURE
The event will focus upon mathematical expeditions, outlining…
6 years, 6 months ago
Frozen in Time?
Most information from outer space reaches us at the speed of light and this governs our understanding of time and evolution in the cosmos. When we ob…
6 years, 6 months ago
Biometrics: How Unique are You?
If people cannot identity themselves digitally then the digital society does not work.
How do biometrics help reduce crime and is it possible to have…
6 years, 6 months ago
The Mathematical World of C. L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)
BOOK LAUNCH
Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) is best known for his Alice books. But his day job was as a mathematics lecturer at Christ Church in Oxfor…
6 years, 6 months ago
Black Tudors: Three Untold Stories
PART OF OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH SERIES
Dr Kaufmann tells the intriguing tales of three Africans living in Tudor England - Jacques Francis, a diver emp…
6 years, 6 months ago
Building Sustainable Communities: A New Era for Twinning
In contrast to their stark socio-economic and environmental differences, the communities of Harbury, UK and Sekenani, Kenya are building 'collab…
6 years, 6 months ago
Slavery, Memory and Reparations
PART OF OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH SERIES
Using memory scholarship, this talk will examine how the history and memory of enslavement shaped questions of …
6 years, 6 months ago
Organ Transplants and Human Rights Abuses in China
This lecture reports on the findings of The Independent Tribunal into Forced Organ Harvesting from Prisoners of Conscience in China (June 2019), whic…
6 years, 6 months ago
Sir Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891) And the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis
2019 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, and will see the building of the first major addition to the system he create…
6 years, 6 months ago