The British Society for the History of Mathematics
Tuesday 15 November 2011 starting at 7.30 pm
Room TBA, Ken Edwards Building,University of Leicester
[http://www.le.ac.uk/av/avsrooms/]
A talk by Tony Mann (University of Greenwich), President, BSHM
Abstract
Mathematics and mathematicians have featured in many novels.
This talk looks at a variety of ways in which novelists have used mathematics and its practitioners, and at how fiction has been used to present mathematics.
No charge is made to attend meetings, non-members are welcome
The talk is coordinated by East Midlands Branch Secretary, Dr Stephen Hibberd, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, email: stephen.hibberd@nottingham.ac.uk.
Details of East Midlands Branch activities
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.