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Category Archives: Mathematical Sciences
Leonhard Euler – Many Happy Returns
We were thrilled today to see the elegant Google doodle marking Euler’s 306th birthday.
A Meeting of Civilisations
In the last few days, a British government delegation, headed by the Prime Minister, has been in India, talking trade, visas, and, inevitably, the colonial past.
Posted in Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and architecture, Astronomy, Biography, History, Language and Linguistics, Mathematical Sciences, Philosophy, Printing and Publishing History, Religious Studies, Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge, Travel and Exploration
Tagged British Empire, India, Royal Asiatic Society
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Babbage’s Calculating Engines
I think I’m right in saying that Charles Babbage (1791–1871) is the only author we have reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection whose books have covers in all three colours – red for his work on the printing industry, On … Continue reading
Ethereal Physics
My mathematical incompetence has been remarked upon before; and I cannot look back upon the nightmare that was my GCE physics exam without feeling sick – in fact, the only thing that stopped me from pretending a sudden illness when … Continue reading
The Transit of Venus
It’s always the same thing – you wait for ages for a once-in-a-lifetime moment, and then three come along at once: the London Olympic Games next month (if you like that sort of thing), the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Earth Sciences, History, Life Science, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, The Naval Chronicle, Travel and Exploration
Tagged Captain Cook, Daniel Solander, Kerguelen Islands, Kew Gardens, Rodrigues, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Sir Joseph Banks, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, transit of Venus
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