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41. Egyptian mathematics - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    18 Jan 2024: R J Gillings, Mathematics in the Time of the Pharaohs (Cambridge, MA., 1982). ... G Ifrah, A universal history of numbers : From prehistory to the invention of the computer (London, 1998).

42. Arthur Milne (1896 - 1950) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: However, his work made people rethink old ideas and led to new approaches to the fundamental concepts of space and time. ... M C Johnson, Time, knowledge and the Nebulae : an introduction to the meanings of time in physics, astronomy, and philosophy, and

43. Montenegran Society of Mathematicians and Physicists - MacTutor…

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

    7 Mar 2023: The date of 2006 is highly significant in the history of Montenegro which lets us understand why the Society was founded at that time. ... show). History and Review of the Main Activities of the Society of Mathematicians And Physicists of Montenegro, IMU

44. Thomas Muir (1844 - 1934) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    16 Feb 2024: Muir was knighted in 1910, four years after he had reworked his 1890 publication to become Volume 1 of History of determinants which covered the origins to Leibniz in 1840. ... He was, of course, writing a history of determinants from 1920 to 1940 at the

45. Kerr awards - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    28 Feb 2024: When Albert Einstein finally presented his theory in November 1915, all previous concepts of time and space were turned upside-down. ... This also affects the passage of time -- seen from the outside, time moves more slowly close to a large mass.

46. Black holes - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: S Hawking, A Brief History of Time (Bantam Press, London-New York, 1988). ... S Schaffer, John Mitchell and Black Holes, Journal for the History of Astronomy 10 (1979), 42-43.

47. Netherlands Academy of Sciences - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: 1851 - Institute Closed, Academy Founded, History of the Academy, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. ... 1902 The Second Golden Age, History of the Academy, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen.

48. John O'Connor (1945 - ) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    1 Apr 2024: This site is a rich and growing source of materials pertaining to the history of mathematics including biographies of mathematicians, mathematics in various cultures, time lines, famous curves (with Java interactivity), ... There is no doubt that much of

49. Yau books - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    23 Nov 2023: A History in Sum elucidates the contributions of these extraordinary minds and makes clear why the history of the Harvard mathematics department is an essential part of the history of mathematics ... 7.3. Review by: Albert C Lewis. Mathematical Reviews

50. Cartography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    10 Jul 2023: It was the most popular atlas of its time, and it is important in the history of cartography partly because Ortelius quotes 87 authorities for the data on which his maps ... Such a map or survey would be useful both in time of war and peace, and many