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Mathematics in the modern age - The 18th century: Crossing bridges

Geometry lecture


What shape is the Earth? how do strings vibrate? can you construct a 65,537-sided polygon? and can you cross the seven bridges of Konigsberg? While British mathematics drowned in Newtonianism, major bridges were being crossed on the Continent ...


Speaker(s):

Professor Robin Wilson | talks | www

 

Date and Time:

4 October 2006 at 1:00 pm

Duration:

1 hour

 

Venue:

Gresham College
Barnard's Inn Hall
Holborn
London
EC1N 2HH
+44 20 78 31 05 75
http://www.gresham.ac.uk

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