#historyofmaths — Public Fediverse posts
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I'm on the way back from the @[email protected]'s Primary Summer Masterclass celebration event.
I was one of the speakers and I had SO MUCH FUN because everyone joined in so enthusiastically!
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I encourage museums to explore their maths links because I think there are major opportunities to enrich teaching and learning in BOTH maths and history: it goes both ways.
And in exploring the other direction, I (along with my research partner Jason) did a project in which we taught a half-term of maths lessons according to the maths department's usual Scheme of Work, except we added History content to every lesson.
Our research paper has been published:
Integrating history into mathematics teaching: An empirical study on years 7 & 8 students - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26375451.2026.2676448
#MathsInMuseums #HistoryOfMaths #MathsToday
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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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As of Saturday just gone I'm a member of The British Society for the History of Mathematics's council. I was invited to join as someone who can provide a school teacher's viewpoint. As such, I'm very interested to know who... #Maths #History #HistoryOfMaths #MathsOfHistory #teacher #MathsToday
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As of Saturday just gone I'm a member of The British Society for the History of Mathematics's council. I was invited to join as someone who can provide a school teacher's viewpoint.
As such, I'm very interested to know who amongst my networks is a teacher and interested in the BSHM's themes and activities (whether or not you're currently a member).
I've been a member of the BSHM for a few years. It's one of the smaller professional/subject organisations I subscribe to, but it's also one of my favourites and I'm very excited about this new step!
#Maths #History #HistoryOfMaths #MathsOfHistory #teacher #MathsToday
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First time I've seen it in the wild! The Mathematicians' Library on sale at a stand run by Kenilworth Books at #TMiP25
I was so surprised I accidentally signed them all!
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First time I've seen it in the wild! The Mathematicians' Library on sale at a stand run by Kenilworth Books at #TMiP25 I was so surprised I accidentally signed them all! #MathsToday #books #maths #History #HistoryOfMaths
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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 -
… Our project began with my usual teaching schedule for the half-term, then we adapted it by identifying and incorporating relevant #history-of-maths content into every lesson. At the beginning and end of the half term we gave participating students a questionnaire designed to assess attitudes…
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If you're following me and you're interested in #HistoryOfMaths, what's your favourite #history of #maths story?
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Today I heard about a lovely quote from a Chinese historian of mathematics whose name has not yet stuck in my brain. The quote was something like...
"Studying the history of mathematics does not make better mathematicians, but it makes gentler, more thoughtful ones."
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@jrhawley
Very.
Though I don't think it would be hard to extend much further. e.g you could probably draw several lines through this lot and join it on to your diagram...
Alfred North Whitehead
Bertrand Russell
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Lionel Penrose
Roger Penrose
Frank Ramsey
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#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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#HamiltonWalk #OTD 1843
"Nor could I resist the impulse – unphilosophical as it may have been – to cut with a knife on a stone of Brougham Bridge, as we passed it, the fundamental formula with the symbols, i, j, k; namely,
i2 = j2 = k2 = ijk = -1"https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2019/10/16/the-discover-of-quaternions/
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#History #podcast fans: I love 'Stuff the British Stole', but this episode uncovering some of the history of the discovery/invention of zero does a particularly good job of mashing at least two of my interests together: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/stuff-the-british-stole/zero-marks-the-spot/102505568
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"Des" in French means "of the: and "carte" can mean "map".
"Cartesian coordinates" are named after the French philosopher René Descartes (the coordinate system being named after the latinised version Renatus Cartesius).
It's a fun coincidence that a system of coordinates, that can be used to "map things", are named after a Frenchman whose name could be translated as "of the maps"... a case of nominative determinism? 😀
But WAIT!... 1/2
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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.
