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1. A Brief History of Time and Calendars - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Astronomy/bhistory/

   7 Mar 2023: Astronomy is at the heart of many early civilizations and one of its most important applications is that of time keeping. ... An important part of time keeping is calendars as these are essential in religious practice, agriculture, and governance.

2. 20th century time - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Time_2/

   7 Mar 2023: The laws of science will hold at them. The history in real time, however, will look very different. ... S W Hawking, A brief history of time (London, 1988). P Yourgrau, P The disappearance of time: Kurt Gödel and the idealistic tradition in philosophy

3. Time Lines of Mathematicians - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Timelines/

   7 Mar 2023: Click below to see time lines of mathematicians between the dates stated. ... Note: Where either the birth or death of a mathematician is unknown (mostly for those in the era BC) the life-span is given as 60 years for the purpose of

4. Time off - Sofia Kovalevskaya - Projects - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Projects/Ellison/chapter-8/

   7 Mar 2023: She soon discovered that this time was wasted however, as it was legally forbidden for women to attempt to attain this degree. ... At this time she also assisted with the establishment of higher education courses for women in St.

5. Kurt Gödel (1906 - 1978) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   14 May 2024: Mathematics and languages ranked well above literature and history. At the time it was rumoured that in the whole of his time at High School not only was his work in ... He visited Princeton for the second time, spending the first term of session 1938-39

6. Riemann Hypothesis in Time - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

   7 Mar 2023: In Time Magazine dated Monday 30 April 1945, there appeared a picture of Bernhard Riemann with the caption "Few understand it, none has proved it." The article, written by a Time ... 1. 2. largefrac{1}{2}normalsize. 21 (sigma being the real part of. s.

7. Classical time - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Time_1/

   18 Jan 2024: Of course the very title of these articles: "A history of time" is confusing. ... In the article A history of time: 20th century time we examine this revolution.

8. Bakerian Lecturer - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Honours/Bakerian/

   7 Mar 2023: on such part of natural history or experimental philosophy, at such time and in such manner as the President and the Council of the Society for the time being shall be ... Observations on the Hypotheses which have been assumed to account for the cause of

9. Collection of manuscripts once belonging to William Wallace -…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Wallace/

   7 Mar 2023: Thanks to the generosity of Mr Michael C G Cox, acting on behalf of the family, these have been made available for copying and posting on the St Andrews History of ... We have not seen anything of you this great while, and as your long Vacation is now

10. Petrograd Physico-Mathematical Society - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: The history of that Society from the time of its founding until 1921 when the Society began to function again under the name Petrograd Physico-Mathematical Society is described in the ... Visit theN S Ermolaeva, On the history of the St Petersburg and