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Meet the Council: Tom Briggs

At our Christmas 2025 AGM, we elected Tom Briggs as our newest ordinary council member. This blog introduces Tom, his interests and his journey into the history of mathematics! Who...

A day in the life at the Royal Observatory Greenwich: Behind the scenes with the Airy Family

(Editor’s note: the reader must excuse (or enjoy) a brief foray into the history of astronomy, this partially grew out of work presented at the BSHM Research in Progress in...

Counting on Mars: Francis Galton and the Universal Language of Mathematics

In the late 19th century, as telescopes peered into the mysterious red glow of Mars, a peculiar idea captured the imagination of scientists and the public alike: could we communicate...