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  1. Quantum mechanics history - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: Roy. Soc. South Africa 47 (1) (1989), 81-101. M Beller, The conceptual and the anecdotal history of quantum mechanics, Found. ... 2) 1 (1) (1991), 39-58. R M Nugayev, The history of quantum mechanics as a decisive argument favoring Einstein over Lorentz,

  2. MacTutor Index - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    19 Jul 2026: Their contributions to the history of mathematics have been recognised by Numerous Awards including the Hirst Prize of the London Mathematical Society in 2015.

  3. British Mathematical Colloquium - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    22 Nov 2025: The British Mathematical Colloquium is the largest pure mathematical conference to be held annually in the UK. It has been held every year since 1949, usually around Easter, though some of the earlier meetings were in September. The venues of the

  4. Gibson History 11 - John Playfair, Sir John Leslie - MacTutor History …

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Gibson_history_11/

    7 Mar 2023: Playfair in particular was widely read in the history of mathematics, was in spite of (perhaps it would be more appropriate to say "because of ") his great admiration for Newton, disappointed

  5. Heinz Klaus Strick's histories - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    24 Aug 2026: Every month for 20 years Heinz Klaus Strick produced a mathematical calendar page, illustrated with postage stamps from his extensive collection. These were published in the on-line magazine Spektrum. English translations of these were later

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

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

    7 Mar 2023: This reflects the lack of information that historians of science have as they delve further back into history. ... D Leverington, Encyclopaedia of the History of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Cambridge, 2013).

  7. Edinburgh Royal Society - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: In a move to counter this proposal the Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh, John Walker, proposed that the University of Edinburgh, the Faculty of Advocates, the Philosophical Society

  8. Birthplace Map - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: No Location Chosen. Choose a location on the map to see which mathematicians were born there.

  9. Gottfried Leibniz (1646 - 1716) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    4 Sep 2026: History Exact Sci. 9 (1972), 257-274. E J Aiton, An unpublished letter of Leibniz to Sloane, Ann. ... Mag. 63 (5) (1990), 291-306. B Russell, History of Western Philosophy (London, 1961), 563-576.

  10. All Glossary Items - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    30 Sep 2025: Apollodorus (born: about 130 BC) was a Greek scholar who is best known for his Chronicle of Greek history. ... Diogenes Laertius (3rd century BC) was a Greek author who wrote an important history of Greek philosophy.