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 […]
Sum Stories: Equations and their Origins
Professor Robin Wilson (one of the BSHM HiMEd lecturers), with the Oxford University Mathematical Institute, has created a series of short films (10-20 minutes) for schools, each featuring one of the equations from his recently published OUP book ‘Sum Stories: equations and their origins’.
New Newton scholarship
Royal Society Publishing has recently published a theme issue of Philosophical Transactions A: Newton, Principia, Newton Geneva Edition (17th–19th) and modern Newtonian mechanics: heritage, past & present
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 […]