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The Annual BSHM Gresham College Lectures

Dr Adrian Rice and others · Gresham College

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The Victorian period was a time of massive change for London, not least in the development and availability for university-level mathematics. This lecture investigates the changes that took place, highlighting some of the famous mathematicians involved, and comparing their teaching styles and the courses they offered at a wide variety of teaching establishments across the capital between 1837 and 1901.

Lectures

  1. Mathematics and the Metropolis: A Survey of Victorian London 2004-01-19 · YouTube
  2. The celestial geometry of John Flamsteed: Mapping the heavens from 17th century Greenwich 2005-02-10 · YouTube
  3. History from Below: Mathematics, Instruments and Archaeology 2005-11-03 · YouTube
  4. Planes and pacifism: Activities and attitudes of British mathematicians during WWI 2007-11-15 · YouTube
  5. Mathematics and the Medici: Instruments from Late Renaissance Florence and a British Connection 2008-11-27 · YouTube
  6. Mathematics, Motion, and Truth: The Earth goes round the Sun 2009-11-02 · YouTube
  7. Triangular Relationships 2010-11-04 · YouTube
  8. The Memoirs and Legacy of Évariste Galois 2011-11-03 · YouTube
  9. Mathematics in War and Peace - Flying Mathematicians 2018-10-24 · YouTube
  10. Mathematics in War and Peace - Stories about Mathematicians Killed in WW1 2018-10-24 · YouTube
  11. Mathematics in War and Peace - Euler's Work on Ballistics 2018-10-24 · YouTube
  12. Mathematical Practice and the 18th-Century British Voyages of Scientific Exploration 2019-10-23 · YouTube
  13. A Global History of the Eclipse of 29 May 1919 2019-10-23 · YouTube
  14. Privateer and Mathematician: The Voyages of Edward Wright 2019-10-23 · YouTube
  15. Cryptocurrencies: Protocols for Consensus 2020-10-21 · YouTube
  16. Reserve Currencies in the Era of Fiat Money 2020-10-21 · YouTube
  17. Thomas Harriot on the Coins of England 2020-10-21 · YouTube
  18. Knot Just Numbers: Andean Khipu Strings 2021-10-20 · YouTube
  19. Histories of Numbers 2021-10-20 · YouTube
  20. Sanskrit Mathematics in the Language of Poetry 2021-10-20 · YouTube
  21. Let’s Decolonise the History of Mathematical Proofs! 2022-10-19 · YouTube
  22. How Mathematical Proofs Are Like Recipes 2022-10-19 · YouTube
  23. The Invention of Mathematical Proof in the Renaissance 2022-10-19 · YouTube
  24. Victorian Era Astronomy: On Land and in the Skies 2023-10-18 · YouTube
  25. 19th-Century Eclipse Expeditions 2023-10-18 · YouTube
  26. Shaping Mathematical Practices of the Science of the Stars 2023-10-18 · YouTube
  27. Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times 2024-10-09 · Audio
  28. How Does Mathematics Last? Heritage and Heritage-making in Mathematics 2025-10-08 · Audio
  29. What Do You Need a Mathematician For? Perspectives from the 17th Century 2026-10-07 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Taught by
Dr Adrian Rice, Dr Allan Chapman, Dr Stephen Johnston, Dr June Barrow-Green, Professor Jim Bennett, Professor Jeremy Gray, Dr Patricia Fara, Dr Peter Neumann OBE, Tony Royle, Professor David Aubin, Dr Rebekah Higgitt, Ana Simões
Year
2004
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Astronomy and space, History, Literature and writing, Languages and linguistics
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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