The British Society for the History of Mathematics
Leicester, Wednesday 20 April March 2011
BSHM Organiser: Tony Mann (A.Mann@gre.ac.uk)
Once again BSHM is helping organise a History of Mathematical Splinter Session at BMC, which this year is hosted by the University of Leicester. The provisional programme for the session is:
2.15 Michalis Sialaros (Birkbeck, University of London): A child of the Academy: an investigation of Euclid’s philosophical background
2.45 Richard Simpson (British Society for the History of Mathematics): The Golden Section
3.15 Peter Rowlett (MSOR Network): A Maths History Tour of Nottingham
3.45 Tony Mann (University of Greenwich): Some uses of Mathematics in Fiction (and vice versa)
4.10 Noel-Ann Bradshaw (University of Greenwich): The BSHM “Unplanned Impact” Project
4.30 End of session
Further details of this and other history of mathematics events at BMC, and registration information, can be found at the BMC 2011 website.
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.