Ghosts of Departed Quantities: Calculus and its Limits - Professor Raymond Flood

The history of calculus and the origins of what is now called analysis, from the 18th to the 19th Centuries. On the way figures such as Newton, Leibniz, Bishop Berkeley and Augustin-Louis Cauchy will be addressed.

The memoirs and legacy of Évariste Galois - Dr Peter Neumann

The story of Évariste Galois, killed in a duel at the age of twenty, but who left behind papers that would change the face of mathematics.

The Great Mathematicians - Professor Robin Wilson and Dr Raymond Flood

A lecture on some of the greatest mathematicians in history, their work and their influence on the world around us - including Pythagoras, Newton, Einstein, Hilbert and many more.

Decoding the Heavens: Solving the Mystery of the World's First Computer - Jo Marchant

The amazing story of the discovery of the Antikythera mechanism, perhaps the most staggering and yet puzzling achievement of the ancient Greeks.

Exploring Ancient Greek and Roman Numeracy - Dr Serafina Cuomo

How does our idea and understanding of numbers and numeracy differ to that held by the ancient Greeks?

The MacPlatonic Solids: Mathematics in Neolithic Scotland - Tony Mann

The story of the unexplained neolithic objects common to Northern Scotland that echo the Platonic solids, a cornerstone of Greek mathematical thinking.

Introduction to Early Mathematics - Professor Robin Wilson

From Egypt to China and back via India to Greece: a quick tour of ancient mathematics and some of the problems they were interested in.