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  1. Akyeampong on Salam - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Akyeampong_Salam/

    7 Mar 2023: The unequal opportunities which exist in the world of science engaged Salam's attention and he used his influence and prestige to try and correct the imbalance. ... Building bridges to ensure the universality of science will be a lasting monument to his

  2. William Thomson (1824 - 1907) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Thomson/

    28 Jun 2025: Thomson served as president of yet a third society when he was elected as president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1871. ... was required: Maxwell and Cavendish's null method for the inverse square law of electrostatics,

  3. - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/TimesObituaries/Lakatos/

    28 May 2025: of scientific research programs" -- in which philosophy of science is more intimately related to the actual history of scientific discovery. ... He lectured on a difficult, abstract subject riddled with technicalities, the philosophy and history of

  4. African men 1 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/African_men_1/

    11 Jul 2024: As such he will be remembered fondly by colleagues young and old, and by generations of science and engineering students.".. ... I am particularly active in the history of Arabic mathematics and the history of mathematics teaching in Arabic/Islamic

  5. Cajigal science arts - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Cajigal_science_arts/

    7 Mar 2023: We present some extracts from 'Rafael Fernández Heres, El Proyecto Cientifico-Educativo de Juan Manuel Cagigal, Bulletin of the National Academy of History, Caracas 86 (343/344) (2003), 47-82' who ... If until now the almost irresistible empire of

  6. Max Planck Society for Advancement of Science - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Societies/Max_Planck/

    7 Mar 2023: The Kaiser Wilhelm Society was founded on 11 January 1911 and renamed the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science in 1948. ... The earlier history of the society can be found under the name of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society at THIS LINK.

  7. Bibhutibhushan Datta (1888 - 1958) - Biography - MacTutor History of …

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Datta/

    29 Jun 2025: Datta's first publications on the history of mathematics were five papers all published in 1926. ... whatever in the history of the progress of science.

  8. Herbert W Turnbull - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/TimesObituaries/Turnbull/

    22 Apr 2025: Inspector of Schools before taking up his important appointment at United College, St. ... in the history of science of the greatest importance.

  9. Molenbroek Kimura - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Molenbroek_and_Kimura_Science/

    7 Mar 2023: Pieter Molenbroek and Shunkichi Kimura published To those Interested in Quaternions and Allied Systems of Mathematics in Science (2) 2 (1895), 524-525. ... treatment, simplicity of expression and interpretation, surpass any other known forms of

  10. Australian Academy of Science - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Societies/Australian_Academy/

    7 Mar 2023: The Australian Academy of Science was founded on 16 February 1954 by Queen Elizabeth II. ... J Eccles, M Oliphant, and W Slim, The opening ceremony, Australian Academy of Science website.