# Mathematics in the modern age - The 18th century: Crossing bridges

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Robin Wilson
- Year: 2006
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/mathematics-modern-age-18th-century-crossing-bridges)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What shape is the Earth? How do strings vibrate? Can you construct a 65,537-sided polygon? And can you cross the seven bridges of Konigsberg? While British mathematics drowned in Newtonianism, major bridges were being crossed on the Continent...

## Lectures

1. [Mathematics in the modern age - The 18th century: Crossing bridges](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/mathematics-modern-age-18th-century-crossing-bridges/f6beedb3a0c5) (YouTube)