British Journal for the History of Mathematics, Volume 38, Issue 2 (2023)

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British Journal for the History of Mathematics, Volume 38, Issue 2 (2023)

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Between music and geometry: a proposal for the early intended application of Euclid’s Elements Book X
Roy Wagner & Reviel Netz
Pages: 69-96
Published online: 18 May 2023
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Graphs in the 1680s: Martin Lister, Robert Plot, William Molyneux and John Warner
Benjamin Wardhaugh
Pages: 97-106
Published online: 02 Jul 2023
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Infinite analytical procedures for the computation of logarithms in works by Benito Bails (1731–1797)
Domingo Martínez-Verdú, Maria Rosa Massa-Esteve & Antonio Linero-Bas
Pages: 107-140
Published online: 09 May 2023
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Through the looking glass, and what algebra found there: historically informed conceptual metaphors of algebraic substitution and Gaussian elimination
Melinda Lanius
Pages: 141-157
Published online: 31 May 2023
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Meeting Report
BSHM Meeting news
Brigitte Stenhouse
Page: 158
Published online: 24 Jul 2023
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British mathematical reformers in the nineteenth century: motivations and methods Winner of the BSHM undergraduate essay prize 2022
Zakkai Goriely
Pages: 159-167
Published online: 24 Jul 2023
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Obituary

Obituary
David Singmaster (December 1938 to 13 February 2023)
Colin Wright
Pages: 168-173
Published online: 24 Jul 2023
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