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  1. 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

  2. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    18 Apr 2025: L Kostro, Einstein's relativistic ether, its history, physical meaning and updated applications, Organon No. ... The debate over general covariance. Reflections on spacetime : foundations, philosophy, history, Erkenntnis 42 (2) (1995), 223-245.

  3. 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).

  4. MacTutor Index - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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    6 Mar 2025: University. Their contributions to the history of mathematics have been recognised by Numerous Awards including the Hirst Prize of the London Mathematical Society in 2015.

  5. Balzan Prize in Mathematics - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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    7 Mar 2023: For his outstanding success in promoting interest and further research in the history of science. ... Paolo Rossi Monti (2009) for History of Science:. For his major contributions to the study of the intellectual foundations of science from the

  6. Zurich Scientific Research Society - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: Gessner was elected as President of the new Society. The Physical Society soon built up a scientific library, a collection of mathematical and physical instruments, natural history collections, a botanical garden, ... The wide range of activities of the

  7. Dijksterhuis inaugural - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: One can first of all ask the question: what is the history of science for? ... It is of course pleasant for the reader if he is offered a well-composed, fascinating history.

  8. Groups St Andrews - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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    7 Mar 2023: For a brief history of this conference series see the article Twenty-Five Years of Groups St Andrews.

  9. British Mathematical Colloquium - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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    1 Jul 2024: 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

  10. Carl Boyer (1906 - 1976) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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    3 Sep 2024: H Eves, Review: A History of Analytic Geometry, by Carl B Boyer, Amer. ... P S Jones, Review: A History of Mathematics, by Carl B Boyer, Amer.