British Journal for the History of Mathematics, Volume 31, Issue 3 (2016)

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Editorial

Editorial
Editorial
Tony Mann
Page: 159
Published online: 31 Oct 2016
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Articles

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A Newtonian tale details on notes and proofs in Geneva edition of Newton's Principia
Raffaele Pisano & Paolo Bussotti
Pages: 160-178
Published online: 26 Aug 2016
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Folding the regular pentagon
John Sharp
Pages: 179-188
Published online: 17 May 2016
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Defining continuity of real functions of real variables
J F Harper
Pages: 189-204
Published online: 11 Apr 2016
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The Paul A M Dirac papers at Florida State University: a search for informal mathematical investigations
Kathleen M Clark & Emmet P Harrington
Pages: 205-214
Published online: 31 Oct 2016
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An analysis of history of mathematics research literature in Turkey: the mathematics education perspective
Emin Aydın, Ali Delice & Derya Demiroğlu
Pages: 215-229
Published online: 16 Sep 2016
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The algebra of marriage: an episode in applied group theory
James V Rauff
Pages: 230-244
Published online: 31 Oct 2016
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BSHM meetings

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BSHM/Gresham College meeting: Women in Mathematics: A Celebration of the Bicentenary of Ada Lovelace Gresham College, London, 29 October 2015
Raymond Flood
Pages: 245-246
Published online: 31 Oct 2016
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BSHM Christmas meeting Birmingham, 5 December 2015
Tony Crilly
Pages: 246-249
Published online: 31 Oct 2016
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Research in Progress The Queen’s College, Oxford, 27 February 2016
Mark McCartney
Page: 249
Published online: 31 Oct 2016
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The History of Number Theory Birkbeck, 21 May 2016
Christopher D Hollings
Pages: 250-252
Published online: 31 Oct 2016
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John Wallis (1616–1703). Mathematics, Music Theory, and Cryptography in 17th Century Oxford Oxford University Mathematical Institute, 9 June 2016
Jane Wess
Pages: 252-253
Published online: 31 Oct 2016
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Mathematics in the Enlightenment Rewley House, Oxford, 25 June 2016
Dorothy Leddy
Pages: 254-256
Published online: 31 Oct 2016
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Mathematical Communication during the Cold War Mathematical Institute, Oxford, 8 July 2016
Dorothy Leddy
Pages: 257-260
Published online: 31 Oct 2016
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Reviews

Book Review
Architecture and mathematics from antiquity to the future, Volume I: Antiquity to the 1500s by edited Kim Williams and Michael J Ostwald/Architecture and mathematics from antiquity to the future, Volume II: The 1500s to the future by edited Kim Williams and Michael J Ostwald
Birkhäuser, 2015, xix+735pp, £99.00, ISBN 978-3-319-00136-4/Birkhäuser, 2015, xix+690pp, £99.00, ISBN 978-3-319-00142-5
Yelda Nasifoglu
Pages: 261-263
Published online: 31 Oct 2016
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Birth of a theorem: a mathematical adventure by Cédric Villani (trans Malcolm DeBevoise, ill Claude Gongard)
The Bodley Head, 2015, 272pp, £18.99, ISBN 978-1-84-792252-6
Snezana Lawrence
Pages: 263-265
Published online: 31 Oct 2016
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