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...

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Check out my @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with @thomas-morel.bsky.social about @universitypress.cambridge.org Underground Mathematics Craft Culture and Knowledge in #EarlyModern #Europe. #skystorians #HistoryofMining #BookSky 📚💙 #HistoryofMaths #mathsky

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Episode 41 - Hypatia - Less than fairer This week we explore the brilliant, and tragically short, life of Hypatia of Alexandria. Born around 370 CE, she was a pioneering female mathematician and philosopher who led the last great school of ...

Wouldn't it be awful if the first 3 recorded Women in the #HistoryofMaths were lost.

At least we get the 4th - Hypatia. SPOILER: her story does not make the patriarchy look any better. Would you like to know why?
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A copy of my book, The Mathematicians' Library, stands upright on a pillar of seven other copies stacked on top of each other. They are flanked by other maths-themed books.

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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A copy of my book, The Mathematicians' Library, stands upright on a pillar of seven other copies stacked on top of each other. They are flanked by other maths-themed books.

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

Episode 25 - Philo of Byzantium - | The Mathematicians Podcast Grab your ventriloquist dummies and your gimbles, as we catapult ourselves into a story about the worlds first mathematical engineer. If you thought Leonardo Da Vinci was pretty metal, well you're abo...

A bit of a fun one today on #themathematicianspodcast

We look at Philo of Byzantium who was probably the first mad scientist in history.

Expect magic, catapults and a repeating crossbow.

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#mathsky

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Screenshot from wolfram mathworld of the Papus chain.

So #Pappus got up to some spicy maths back in the 3rdC BCE.

Inscribed circles each a distance of n diameters from the base.

I am looking forward to this episode of #themathematicianspodcast

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#mathsky

A square cut in four, with one quarter cut in four, and this pattern repeated. Each level with one quarter shaded. The proof is that the sum of 1/4^n = 1/3

I was reading up on #Archimedes and came across this gem. A beautiful proof of a geometric sequence using geometry.

See if you can figure out how it relates to the #quadrature of the #parabola

#historyofmaths #mathschat

Screenshot of the Wikipedia article on the Lemniscate

Today I learnt:

The symbol for infinity has a name, it is a "Lemniscate" to mean "ribbon".

One version takes its definition from the locci of points with a constant product of distances from two fixed foci.

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#everythinghasaname
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#mathstalk

Source: Wikipedia

Can you find 2 integers such that x^2 + y and x + y^2 are both perfect squares?

#diophantus
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#historyofmaths

A triangle ACB with BC cut by E, AC cut by F and AB colinear with D, and triangle AFD drawn.

"It can readily be proved by elementary geometry that AD*BE*CF = BD*CE*AF..."

Go on then, how can I readily prove this in a time before algebra and trigonometry?

#historyofmaths #ancientgreek #euclideangeometry #triangles

Episode 14 - Eudoxus of Cnidus - Where we Take Pleasure This week we take an exhaustive look at the mathematician that invented calculus... arguably. We can certainly have that argument. So let us enjoy the good life, by taking pleasure in the pursuit of k...

A new episode of #themathematicianspodcast has dropped today. Would you like to discover 2500 year old calculus? I think in these uncertain times, we all should.

Come on down to your favourite podcast app and join me there.

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Episode 1 - Ahmes - Let's Start Somewhere in the Middle | The Mathematicians Podcast Our first look at a mathematician dating back to 1700 BCE - Ahmes. What was maths like back in Ancient Egypt?     The Music was: "Danse Macabre - Finale"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under C...

#piday was fun yesterday, but I hope everyone will also give a nod to #ancientegyptian pi day tomorrow.

4*(1-1/9)^2

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If you're following me and you're interested in #HistoryOfMaths, what's your favourite #history of #maths story?

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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I spent all day writing on Greek Mathematicians: Thales, Pythagoras, Eudoxus, Euclid & Archimedes.

What'd I miss today?

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