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Want to hear two nerds chatting about maths history?
You're in luck!
Ben Cornish invited me onto *The Mathematicians Podcast* to talk about *The Mathematicians' Library*: https://mathematicians.podbean.com/e/episode-55-injective-thomas-k-briggs-on-the-mathematicians-library/
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I'm heading to Gloucester to talk to a U3A group about this little ol' thing: uk.bookshop.org/a/16778/9781... #Maths #MathsToday #HistoryOfMaths #History #Books
The Mathematicians' Library: T... -
I'm heading to Gloucester to talk to a U3A group about this little ol' thing: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/16778/9781836004851
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🎭 Oh, look! Another "History of Maths" guide that promises to unlock the mysteries of the universe for beginners, but instead delivers a labyrinth of Renaissance gibberish and Christmas trilogies. 🤯 Surely, we'll all be mathematicians after this dizzying tale of "ta physika!" 😂
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/history-of-maths-for-beginners/ #HistoryOfMaths #RenaissanceGibberish #MathForBeginners #LabyrinthOfLearning #PhysicsHumor #HackerNews #ngated -
#GeorgeBoole (1815–64), mathematician, was born #OTD 1815 at Lincoln.
Largely self-taught, he became professor of #mathematics in the Royal College Cork (the forerunner of #UCC) and worked there there until his death.
DIB: https://www.dib.ie/biography/boole-george-a0780
His work which underlies computer programs was originally applied to test the validity of Spinoza's thought.
Ones and Zeros: the life and work of George Boole
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The #SuryaSiddhanta's methods for calculating the positions of the sun and moon at times specify that the absolute value of the jya of an arc must be added to some value in some cases, and subtracted in others.
Since the jya is the predecessor to the modern sine, in this we see the earliest inklings of negative values of trigonometric functions. It's interesting how ideas develop.