The British Society for the History of Mathematics
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Two seventeenth-century female 'accountants': Joyce Jeffreys and Sarah Fell , Judith Spicksley |
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Le macchine matematiche at the Laboratory of Mathematical Machines in Modena, Italy, Andrew Ayres |
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Squaring the circle, Steven Rose |
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Libraries in danger, Katja Airaksinen |
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| Reports of BSHM Meetings | |
Recreational Mathematics, Elizabeth Boag |
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Maths that Changed the World, John Earle |
28 |
| Other Meetings | |
LMS Book of Presidents Launch, Tony Mann |
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BSHS Annual Conference, Benjamin Wardhaugh |
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Euclid and his Heritage |
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| Research News | 40 |
| Notices | 41 |
| Review | |
Mathematics and Culture II - Tony Mann |
42 |
| Education Section | 42 |
| New Members | 43 |
| BSHM Council 2005 | 64 |
| Features | |
The celestial geometry of John Flamsteed: mapping the heavens from |
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Doubly secret history and the modernism of mathematics, Jeremy Gray |
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| Reports of BSHM Meetings | |
BSHM-Gresham Lecture, Anthony Robin and Tony Mann |
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Research in Progress, Paul Garcia |
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BCME-6: Routes of Unity 31, Snezana Lawrence |
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Mathematics 2005, June Barrow-Green |
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| Other Meetings | |
Dedication of Hooke memorial, June Barrow-Green |
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| Reviews | 39 |
The Suàn shù shu — Chris Weeks; Medieval mathematical astronomy — Eleanor Robson; Biographical register of the University of St Andrews, 1747–1897 — Alex Craik; The calculus gallery — Jackie Stedall; Landmark writings — Rossana Tazzioli; Mathematical works of Bolzano — Peter Neumann; When computers were human — Mary Croarken |
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| Notices | 50 |
| Recent Publications | 51 |
| Education Section | 54 |
| New Members | 62 |
| BSHM Council 2005 | 64 |
| Features | |
Influence, ignorance, or indifference? Rethinking the relationship between Babylonian and Greek mathematics, Eleanor Robson |
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David Fowler, Colin Fletcher |
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Dandelin spheres, Elizabeth Boag |
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Balkan mathematics before the First World War, Snezana Lawrence |
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| Reports of BSHM Meetings | |
BSHM Christmas Meeting, Benjamin Wardhaugh |
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| Other Meetings | |
History of Differential Equations, 1670-1950, Tom Archibald |
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David Fowler - A Memorial Symposium, Steve Russ |
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Music and Number; Thomas Harriot Seminar, Tony Mann |
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Multi-Cultural Origins of Mathematics, Jenny Ramsden and Martin Perkins |
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| Notices | 45 |
| Reviews | |
Collected papers of William Burnside; Constantin Carathéodory; Rhumb lines and map wars, Rod Gow; Tom Körner; Tony Mann |
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| Education Section | |
Some activities concerning the history of maths and its teaching in Braunschweig, Germany, Thomas Sonar |
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| New Members | 55 |
| BSHM Council 2005 | 56 |
| Editorial policy | 1 |
| Features | |
A C Aitken: mathematician, soldier, and musician, George M Phillips |
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The life of Adolf Prag, John Prag |
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Science Museum Library, Mark Henderson |
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| Reports of BSHM Meetings | |
Turing 2004, David Anderson and Janet Delve |
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Joint BSHM/CSHPM Conference, Tom Archibald |
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Jottings from Cambridge, July 2004, David Williams |
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ICHM Special Session in honour of the retirement of Ivor Grattan-Guinness: The history of nineteenth-century mathematics, June Barrow-Green |
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| Abstracts | 33 |
| Notices | 50 |
| Reviews | |
Cogwheels of the mind; The transit of Venus; The book nobody read; PopCo, Peter Neumann and Tony Mann |
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| Recent books and articles | 55 |
| Education Section | |
HPM 2004 History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, Wendy Troy |
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Stop Press: Science Museum Library |
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| New Members | 59 |
| BSHM Council 2004 | 60 |
| Obituary: David Fowler, Steve Russ, Eleanor Robson, Rona Epstein, and David Epstein | 1 |
| Features | |
Personal Reminiscences of Adolf Prag, Tom Whiteside |
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In search of Thomas Knight, Alex D D Craik and Gloria Edwards |
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Updates, Completions, and Corrections, David Singmaster, Robin Wilson, June Smedley |
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| Reports of BSHM Meetings | |
Research in Progress, Jeremy Gray |
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History of Mathematics Afternoon, Strathclyde, Alex D D Craik |
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| Research News | 37 |
| Notices | 40 |
| Reviews | 41 |
| Recent books and articles | 44 |
| Crossword Solution | 46 |
| Education Section | |
History of non-Euclidean mathematics intrigues pupils, Iris Gulikers and Gerard Lankwarden |
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Education Reviews and Notices, Chris Weeks, Victor Katz, Thomas Sonar |
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| New Members | 59 |
| BSHM Council 2004 | 60 |
| Editorial | 1 |
| Features | |
Mathematics in a non-academic life, Roger Thatcher |
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Issai Schur's posthumous notes on elementary number theory, Walter Ledermann and Peter Neumann (an expanded version of this article is available from the Editor: contact jackie.stedall@queens.ox.ac.uk for details) |
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J E A Steggall: teaching mathematics 1880-1933, Hilary Mason |
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| Reports of BSHM Meetings | |
Wallis Tercentenary Meeting |
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History in the undergraduate mathematics curriculum: why and how? |
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JVN@Greenwich |
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Christmas Meeting |
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BSHM / Gresham College Lecture |
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| Other Meetings | |
AMS-MAA Joint Winter Meeting |
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400 Years of British Mathematics |
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| Reviews | 54 |
| Crossword | 58 |
| Recent books and articles | 59 |
| Notices | 62 |
| Education Section | |
Thinking about proof, David Lingard |
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| New Members | 67 |
| BSHM Council 2004 | 68 |
| Editorial | 1 |
| Features | |
Iraq: the history of mathematics and the aftermath of war, Eleanor Robson |
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George and his mathematics II, John Denniss, Peter Ransom, and June Smedley |
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Sharpe and his arithmetic II, Ivor Grattan-Guinness |
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Quadratic equations, Tony McWalter |
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Tradition and innovation: Wallis, Cusanus, and the cycloid, Philip Beeley |
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| Reports of BSHM Meetings | |
Joint meeting of the EMS and BSHM |
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John Fauvel Education Meeting 2003 |
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The history and use of proof in mathematics |
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| Other Meetings | |
Knowing I lov'd my books: John Fauvel |
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Magic and mathematics: John Dee |
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Stokes Centenary Meeting II |
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| Research News | 36 |
| Notices | 40 |
| Reviews, Books, and Articles | 42 |
| The book that changed my life #5: Theory of games and economic behaviour, Tony Mann | 49 |
| Sundial Corner #25: Major-General John Ryder Oliver and the analemmic style, Peter Ransom | 50 |
| Education Section | |
The introduction of history of mathematics into Norwegian schools, Bjørn Smestad |
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Books and articles |
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| New Members | 59 |
| BSHM Council 2003 | 60 |
| Editorial | 1 |
| Obituaries | |
Frank Smithies |
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Pat Perkins |
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| Features | |
John Sharpe and his Arithmetic, John Denniss |
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George's segment result, Martin Perkins |
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George and calculating the area of a segment, A E L Davis |
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Newcastle's rethink on rare books, Ruth Wallis |
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Science Museum Library and store go west, John Sharp |
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| Reports of BSHM Meetings | |
Christmas Meeting 2002 |
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Research in Progress Day 2003 |
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| Other Meetings | |
The Thomas Harriot Seminar 2002 |
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AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings |
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Stokes Centenary Meeting |
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| Research News and Notices | 33 |
| Reviews, Books, and Articles | |
Four Colours Suffice |
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Die Harminie der Welt |
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Books and articles |
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| Sundial Corner #23: William Emerson and Dialling, or the Art of Drawing Dials | 42 |
| Education Section | |
Drawing Instruments #1: The Cylindrical Ruler |
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Education abstracts |
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| New Members | 51 |
| BSHM Council 2003 | 52 |
| Editorial | 1 |
| Obituaries | |
Neil Bibby |
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George Molland |
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| Features | |
George, a Victorian Schoolboy and his Mathematics |
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Many Questions |
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Which Base is Best? |
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The Case of the Dangerous Traitor |
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| Reports of BSHM Meetings | |
Joint Meeting with the EMS |
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Greenwich: Some Mathematical Connections |
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The History of Modern Mathematics |
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The Four Colour Theorem |
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| Other Meetings | |
Ancient Mathematics |
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Euler 2K+2 |
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Four Colours Suffice |
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| Reviews | |
Der fromme Tafelmacher: Henry Briggs |
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Mercator: the man who mapped the planet and The man who knew too much: Robert Hooke |
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Newton: the making of genius |
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Math through the ages |
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Appraising Lakatos |
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Carl Djerassi, Calculus |
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Keith Tyson at Tate Britain |
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Philip Glass, Galileo Galilei |
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David Auburn, Proof |
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| Research News | 44 |
| Solution to Crossword #1: Not! By Parsman | 49 |
| Notices | 50 |
| Sundial Corner #23: Bodley, Briggs, and Bainbridge | 53 |
| Education Section | |
The Seventeenth-Century Surveyor in Class |
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Drawing Instruments #1: The Parallel Ruler |
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History of Mathematics in UK Degree Courses |
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| New Members | 67 |
| BSHM Council 2003 | 68 |
| Editorial | 1 |
| Features | |
Thomas Fowler's Ternary Calculating Machine |
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Footprints of the Lion: at Work on the Exhibition |
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| Reports of BSHM Meetings | |
From Sumer to Spreadsheets |
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The Incommunicable Dr Pell |
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History of Number Theory |
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BSHM Research in Progress |
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Joint Meeting with the Textbook Colloquium |
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Understanding Mathematics through History |
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| Other Meetings | |
Symposium on Thabit ibn Qurra |
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1000 Years of British Mathematics |
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AMSMAA Joint Mathematics Meetings |
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Gresham Lectures in the History of Mathematics |
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Silent Languages: Characters, Notes and Symbolism in the Early Modern Period |
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Robert Hooke Lectures |
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Harriot Lecture 2001 |
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| Reviews | |
Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time and the Beauty that Causes Havoc |
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Thomas Harriot: an Elizabethan Man of Science |
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The Ambassadors¹ Secret: Holbein and the World of the Renaissance |
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Footprints of the Lion: Isaac Newton at Work |
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| Research News | 44 |
| Notices | 44 |
| Crossword #1: Not! By Parsman | 50 |
| Sundial Corner #22: John Blagrave, Gentleman of Reading | 52 |
| Mathematical Gazetteer #18: London Part 7: Miscellaneous Places | 59 |
| Abstracts | 65 |
| Education Section | 68 |
| New Members | 71 |
| BSHM Council 2002 | 72 |
This Newsletter was a special issue in celebration of the life and work of John Fauvel.
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| Obituary: John Fauvel (Jeremy Gray) |
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Three dimensional links between the history of mathematics and the history of art (Florence Fasanelli) |
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An open letter to an open friend (David E. Zitarelli) |
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John, Pell and a 1644 trig-trick (Jan van Maanen) |
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Some memories of John (David Fowler) |
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Edward Sang (18051890): calculator extraordinary (Alex D. D. Craik) |
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'I a bit preferred your previous ending': John as supervisor (Jackie Stedall) |
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Fauvel and Gray and the Reader (Jeremy Gray) |
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Using history in the mathematics classroom: some cautionary remarks (Chris Weeks) |
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Daniel Bernoulli, Karl Pearson, T. Percy Nunn and the Normal distribution (Neil Bibby) |
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And what is your research about? (Steve Russ) |
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| Tributes to John Fauvel |
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| Contents and BSHM Council 2002 |
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| Editorial |
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| Features | |
The Arithmeticke Project |
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The Newmanry History: an interim report |
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Unveiling the Alan Turing memorial |
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Film review: Enigma |
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| Reports of BSHM meetings | |
Peter Guthrie Tait (1831-1901):centenary meeting |
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From Sumer to Spreadsheets: the history of mathematical table making |
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| Conference reports | |
History of undergraduate mathematics in America |
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Under One Sky: astronomy and mathematics in the ancient Near East |
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Launch of the Open University Centre for the History of Mathematical Sciences |
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John Fauvel Memorial Conference |
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A.N. Whitehead Conference |
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Mathematics and the state |
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| Research news |
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| Notices | |
Research in Progress meeting, 2002 |
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Iterations: call for papers |
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Fellowships at the Dibner Institute |
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Brazilian Mathematical Society |
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Italian Mathematical Society |
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| Sundial corner | |
#21 The right royal Wright |
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| Mathematical gazetteer | |
#17 London Part 6: Learned Societies |
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| The book(s) that changed my life | |
#5 L. Hogben, Man Must Measure, and The diary of Samuel Pepys |
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| Some recent books |
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| Research abstracts |
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| New members |
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| BSHM Council 2001 |
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| Contents |
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| Editorial |
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| BSHM Christmas Meeting 2001 |
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| Obituary of John Fauvel |
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An ancient mathematician remembers |
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Hugh Blackburn: a little-known mathematical friend of Lord Kelvin |
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The fate of Charles Turner's books: a further update |
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Recent sales of old mathematical and scientific books |
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More publicly-owned rare mathematical material under the auctioneer's hammer |
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| Reports of BSHM meetings | |
Christmas Meeting 2000 |
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Lecture: John Wallis, mathematician and historian |
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| Conference reports | |
One hundred years of L'Enseignement Mathématique |
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Thomas Harriot Seminar2000 |
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History of differential equations |
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| Obituaries | |
Robert Rankin |
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| Mathematical gazetteer | |
#16 London Part 5: Educational Institutions |
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| The book that changed my life | |
#4 E.T. Bell, Men of Mathematics |
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| Research section | |
Research news |
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PhD success |
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Research in Progress 2001 |
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| Some recent books |
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| Research abstracts |
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| History of Mathematics Courses | |
#31 New Mexico course for teachers |
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| British Libraries | |
#20 Devon & Exeter Institution Library and Exeter Cathedral Library |
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| New members |
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| BSHM Council 2001 |
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| Contents |
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| Reports of BSHM meetings | |
Hilbert's problems: past and future |
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History of cryptography |
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Gresham professors of geometry |
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| Conference reports | |
MAA Rocky Mountain chapter |
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MATH 2000 |
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| Exhibition reports | |
Daniel Bernoulli, Basel |
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Mathematical portraiture, London |
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| Words corner | |
Electronic searching and the OED, Mark Dunn |
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| Obituaries | |
Mary Cannell |
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Detlef Laugwitz |
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Gerald Whitrow |
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| National organisations for history of mathematics | |
5 Hungary, László Filep |
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| Mathematical gazetteer | |
15 London Part 4: Science Museum |
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| Sundial corner | |
20 Andover those sundials! |
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| Research section | |
Dibner Fellows 2000-2001 |
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Some recent books |
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Research abstracts |
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| Education section | |
HIMED 2000 Exeter |
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Rennes inter-IREM conference, May 2000 |
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HPM 2000 Taipei |
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Opportunities for history, Francis Chalmers |
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Education News |
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PhD abstract, Abdellah El Idrissi |
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ICMI Studies |
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Education section abstracts |
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| New members |
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| BSHM Council 2000 |
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| Contents |
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| Features | |
A millennial journey, Jackie Stedall |
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Two mathematical cultures, Walter Ledermann |
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The Keele saga continues |
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| Reports of BSHM meetings | |
Surfaces, Science Museum |
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Lecture |
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| Conference reports | |
Freemasonry meeting |
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Mathematics and music |
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A millennium of British mathematics |
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| Lecture report | |
Cracking later codes |
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| Recent books by members |
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Oxford figures |
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Cremona correspondence |
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Palermo stone |
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| Society notes and news | |
BSHM Prize 1999 |
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We are a cool site |
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Alan Turing memorial fund |
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Peter Ransom, Eleanor Robson, Jackie Stedall |
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| News from the Newsletters | |
IoP History of Physics Group |
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EMS Newsletter |
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AMUCHMA Newsletter |
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DIO |
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| National organisations for history of mathematics | |
4 Brazil, Sergio Nobre |
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| Mathematical gazetteer | |
14 London Part 3: Greenwich &c |
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| Sundial corner | |
19 Manx sundials |
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| Research section | |
Research in progress 2000 |
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| Abstracts section |
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| Education section | |
HIMED 99 |
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HIMED as a resource, Elizabeth Boag |
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Auditory Roman numerals, Mary Harris |
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An essential component, David Lingard |
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Book review of Pennington & Faux |
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Education section abstracts |
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| BSHM Council 2000 |
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| Contents |
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| Reports of BSHM meetings | |
Joint meeting, Toronto |
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Mediaeval mathematics, Oxford |
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| Conference reports | |
E. C. Titchmarsh Centenary Meeting |
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Bern |
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Thomas Harriot Seminar, Cambridge |
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Luminy |
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| Exhibition reports | |
Jakob Bernoulli exhibition, Basel |
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| Letters to the editor | |
Peter Baxendall |
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Jane Ralph |
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Massimo Mazzotti |
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D. T. Whiteside |
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| Recent books by members |
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| Words corner |
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| The development of a historian | |
Ivor Grattan-Guinness |
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| Mathematical gazetteer | |
13 London Part 2: British Museum |
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| Cognate societies | |
3 Oughtred Society and UK Slide Rule Circle |
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| Sundial corner | |
17 Landscape sundials |
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| Research section | |
Dibner Institute 1999-2000 |
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| Abstracts section |
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| Education section | |
Indian numerals |
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Ed de Moor's thesis |
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| Book reviews |
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| New members |
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| Corrections and clarifications |
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| BSHM Council 1999 |
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| Contents |
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| Editorial on the Turner Collection: "A moste horrible infamy" |
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Christmas meeting 1998 |
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Whitfield Diffie Lecture |
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| Conference reports | |
Wu Han, Oct 1998 |
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San Antonio, Jan 1999 |
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Cambridge, April 1999 |
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Charlottesville, May 1999 |
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| Exhibition reports | |
Coignet exhibition, Antwerp, autumn 1998 |
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Early printed books, UCL, spring 1999 |
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| Notes and comments | |
Opening of De Morgan House (Robin Wilson) |
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The Archimedes sale (Rosalind Mendell) |
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Heiberg and the lost palimpsest (S I B Gray) |
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A Dutch academic celebration (Jan van Maanen) |
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| Recent books by members |
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| Memoir | |
Catching them young (Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw) |
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| Mathematical gazetteer (David Singmaster) | |
12 London Part I: central institutions |
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| Sundial corner (Peter Ransom) | |
17 Friendly sundials |
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| Research section | |
Research in progress 1999 |
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Marjolein Kools thesis |
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| Abstracts section |
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| Education section | |
Lit Chi Kais thesis |
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Book review |
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HPM research abstracts |
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| New members |
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| BSHM Council 1999 |
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2 Institution for the History of Surveying, Jim Smith |
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| Words corner | |
3 More words, Philip Drazin |
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1 1 Lacock to Llanwrthwl |
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| Sundial corner, Peter Ransom | |
1 6 A day in north Wales |
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| Abstracts section | 48 |
| Libraries | |
1 8 Bolton Library, Cashel, Graham Jagger |
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1 9 Sandeman Library, Perth, Stewart Herring |
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| Letter to the Editor, John Sharp | 68 |
| New members | 70 |
| BSHM Council 1998 | 71 |
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2 Mathematical terms in the OED, Mark Dunn |
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| National organisations | |
3 History of mathematics in Portugal, Carlos Sa and M. Fernanda Estrada |
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| Can you help? David Waters | 14 |
| Mathematical gazetteer, David Singmaster | |
1 0 Hackforth to Kirkcaldy |
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| Sundial corner, Peter Ransom | |
1 5 Peter Nicholson |
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| The book that changed my life | |
3 Cooke's The mathematics of Sonya Kovalevskaya, June Barrow-Green |
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| History of mathematics courses | |
3 0 University of Karlstad, Ma Li |
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| BSHM Council 1998 | 67 |
| Contents | 68 |
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9 Eaglesfield to Guildford |
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1 4 Hutton's recreations |
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2 8 European honours course 1997 |
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2 9 Teaching history on the Web |
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| New members | 62 |
| BSHM Council 1998 | 63 |
| Contents | 64 |
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| Mathematical gazetteer, David Singmaster | |
8 Daresbury to Durham |
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| Sundial corner, Peter Ransom | |
1 3 The sundials angels of France |
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| The development of a historian | |
1 Frank Smithies |
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2 7 Colorado College, Robin Wilson |
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| New members | 50 |
| BSHM Council 1997 | 51 |
| Contents | 52 |
| From the President | 1 |
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| From the Editor | 3 |
| Forthcoming BSHM meetings | 4 |
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400 years of Gresham College, Muriel Seltman |
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| BSHM Council News | 33 |
| Notes and comments | 35 |
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| Recent books by members | 40 |
| Obituary | |
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| National organisations | |
2 Canada, Glen Van Brummelen |
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| Mathematical gazetteer, David Singmaster | |
7 Canterbury to Croft-on-Tees |
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| Sundial corner, Peter Ransom | |
1 2 Newton's sundials |
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| The book that changed my life | |
2 De Morgan's Budget of Paradoxes, Adrian Rice |
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| British libraries | |
1 7 York Libraries, Richard Crossley |
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| Abstracts section | 64 |
| Computer section | |
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| Education section | 71 |
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| New members | 76 |
| BSHM Council 1997 | 79 |
| Contents | 80 |
| From the President | 1 |
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| Forthcoming BSHM meetings | 2 |
| Other forthcoming meetings | 3 |
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| Conference reports | 10 |
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| Notes and comments | 16 |
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| Mathematical gazetteer, David Singmaster | |
6 Cambridge Part 4 (Individuals N-Y) |
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| Sundial corner, Peter Ransom | |
1 1 Mathematical practitioners |
29 |
| The book that changed my life | |
1 Knorr's Evolution of the Euclidean Elements, David Fowler |
32 |
| British libraries | |
1 5 Innerpeffray Library, Ruth Wallis |
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1 6 Lambeth Palace Library, Muriel Seltman |
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| Abstracts section | 40 |
| Education section | 43 |
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| History of mathematics courses | |
2 5 European Honours Course 1996, Richard Mankiewicz |
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2 6 Teaching a history course, Robin Wilson |
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| New members | 58 |
| BSHM Council 1997 | 59 |
| Contents | 60 |
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| Exhibition reports | |
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| Book review | |
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| Theatre report | |
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| Notes and comments | 24 |
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| Obituary | |
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| National organisations | |
1 The Netherlands, Jan van Maanen |
35 |
| Mathematical gazetteer, David Singmaster | |
5 Cambridge Part 3 (Individuals D-M) |
36 |
| Sundial corner, Peter Ransom | |
1 0 Wales and Fort Prince of Wales |
43 |
| Research section | 47 |
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| British libraries | |
1 4 The Tucker Collection, Adrian Rice |
51 |
| Abstracts section | 53 |
| Computer section | 62 |
| Education section | 63 |
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2 4 Middlesex University, Adrian Rice |
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| New members | 78 |
| Contents | 80 |
| From the President | 1 |
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| Forthcoming BSHM meetings | 2 |
| Other forthcoming meetings | 3 |
| Reports of BSHM meetings | |
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| Lecture report | |
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| Film Report | |
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| Notes and comments | |
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| Mathematical gazetteer, David Singmaster | |
4 Cambridge Part 2 (Individuals A-C) |
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| Sundial corner, Peter Ransom | |
9 Reading a sundial |
22 |
| Research section | 24 |
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| British libraries | |
1 2 University of Glasgow, Robert Rankin |
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1 3 National Library of Wales, Colin Fletcher |
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| Abstracts section | 51 |
| Computer section | 59 |
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| Education section | 62 |
| Review: Learn from the masters! | 62 |
| Review: SMP 11-16 | 64 |
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| History of mathematics courses | |
2 1 University of Greenwich, Muriel Seltman |
65 |
2 2 Sheffield Hallam University, David Lingard |
66 |
2 3 Open University, Marina Khilkoff-Boulding |
68 |
| New members | 69 |
| BSHM Committee 1996 | 71 |
| Contents | 72 |
| From the President | 1 |
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| Forthcoming meetings | 3 |
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| Conference reports | 19 |
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| Foreign News | 24 |
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| Letter to the editor (Alex Craik) | 27 |
| Notes and comments | 27 |
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| Mathematical gazetteer | |
3 Cambridge Part 1 |
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| Sundial corner | |
8 Meridian lines |
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| Research section | 40 |
| British libraries | |
1 0 The De Morgan Collection, London |
42 |
1 1 The Exley Collection, Bristol |
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| Computer section | 59 |
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| Education section | 63 |
| Review: Empowering students | 63 |
| Review: Unexpected mathematicians | 66 |
| Review: The square on the Pythagoras | 67 |
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| History of mathematics courses | |
1 8 University of Auckland (h of math) |
72 |
1 9 University of Auckland (h of comp) |
73 |
2 0 European Honours Course 1995 |
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| New members | 78 |
| BSHM Committee 1995 | 79 |
| Contents | 80 |
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| Mathematical gazetteer | |
2 Barnard Castle to Byers Green |
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| Sundial corner | |
7 Bramdean, Hampshire |
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| Research section | |
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| British Libraries | |
6 The Ivory Collection |
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7 University of St Andrews |
31 |
8 Andersonian Library |
32 |
9 Aberdeen |
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| Journals section | |
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| Education section | |
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| History of mathematics courses | |
1 7 University of Thessaloniki |
45 |
| New members | 46 |
| BSHM Committee 1995 | 47 |
| Contents | 48 |
| From the President | 1 |
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| Editorial | 3 |
| Forthcoming meetings | 4 |
| Reports of meetings | |
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| Presidential address: John Fauvel | 12 |
| Committee News | 22 |
| Foreign News | 23 |
| Notes and comments | 25 |
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| Mathematical gazetteer, David Singmaster | |
1 Aberdeen to Ashford |
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| Sundial corner, Peter Ransom | |
6 The Saxon dials of Hampshire |
30 |
| Research section | 33 |
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| British Libraries | |
4 The Graves Collection |
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5 The Turner Collection |
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| Journals section | |
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| Computer section | 56 |
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| Education section | 60 |
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| History of mathematics courses | |
1 4 University of Warwick |
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1 5 University of Wolverhampton |
69 |
1 6 University College London |
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| New members | 70 |
| BSHM Committee 1994 | 71 |
| Contents | 72 |
| From the President | 1 |
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| Editorial | 2 |
| Forthcoming meetings | 3 |
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| Committee News | 17 |
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| Foreign News | 19 |
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| Notes and comments | 27 |
| Obituary | |
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| Sundial corner | |
5 Trinity House, Newcastle upon Tyne |
31 |
| Research section | 32 |
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| British Libraries | |
1 The Leighton Library |
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2 The LMS Library |
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3 The T. A. Hirst correspondence |
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| Journals section | |
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| Recent Indian books | 55 |
| Computer section | |
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| Education section | 58 |
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| History of mathematics courses | |
1 1 University of Exeter |
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1 2 University of British Columbia |
63 |
1 3 University of Manchester |
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| New members | 66 |
| BSHM Committee 1994 | 67 |
| Contents | 68 |
| From the President | 1 |
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| Editorial | 2 |
| Notice of meetings | 3 |
| Reports of meetings | 5 |
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| Notes and comments | 15 |
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| Sundial corner, Peter Ransom | |
4 Le Peyrou, Montpellier |
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| Research section | 23 |
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| Education section | 48 |
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| History of mathematics courses | |
7 University of Hull |
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8 University of Southampton |
65 |
9 Kings College London |
66 |
1 0 University of York |
67 |
1 1 Erasmus Project |
68 |
| New members | 69 |
| BSHM Committee 1994 | 71 |
| Contents | 72 |
| From the President | 1 |
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| Editorial | 2 |
| Notice of meetings | 4 |
| Reports of meetings | 5 |
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| Committee news | 10 |
| Obituary | |
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| Sundial corner | |
3 Wallington Hall |
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| Research section | 15 |
| Journals section | |
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| Education section | 27 |
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| History of mathematics courses | 36 |
4 University College of Wales, Aberystwyth |
36 |
5 University of Leicester |
37 |
6 University of Oxford |
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| New members | 38 |
| BSHM Committee 1993 | 39 |
| Contents | 40 |
| From the President | 1 |
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| Notice of meetings | 4 |
| Reports of meetings | 6 |
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| Committee news | 9 |
| Obituary | |
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| Notes and books | 16 |
| Sundial corner | |
2 Aydon Whitehouse |
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| Research section | 21 |
| Journals section | |
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| Education section | 30 |
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| History of mathematics courses | |
1 Royal Holloway and Bedford New College |
35 |
2 University College of North Wales, Bangor |
36 |
3 University of Warwick (history of computing) |
36 |
| 1993 Anniversaries | 37 |
| New members | 42 |
| BSHM Committee 1993 | 43 |
| Contents | 44 |
| From the President | 1 |
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| Editorial | 2 |
| Notice of meetings | 3 |
| Reports of meetings | 5 |
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| Notes and books | 11 |
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| Sundial corner | |
1 Capheaton Hall |
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| Research section | 16 |
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| Historia section | 23 |
| Recent research papers | 26 |
| Education section | 30 |
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| New members | 38 |
| BSHM Committee 1992 | 39 |
| Contents | 40 |
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| Talks to the BSHM 1971-1992 | 13 |
The British Society for the History of Mathematics is registered as a company limited by guarantee, no. 3326816, and as a charity, no. 1061229. Its registered office is c/o Andrew Thurburn & Co, 38 Tamworth Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 1XU, UK.