Gresham Professor of Geometry, Professor Raymond Flood, introduces us to his 2014-15 lecture series on the lives and work of the greatest Mathematicians in history. From Fermat to Euler, Fourier to Cantor, Professor Flood will examine...

A lecture to mark the publication of Robin Wilson and Raymond Flood's new book. Mathematics pervades our daily lives. Our credit cards and the nation's defence are kept secure largely due to the properties of prime numbers, and...

“Nowadays, there are only three really great English Mathematicians: Hardy, Littlewood, and Hardy-Littlewood,” reported Harold Bohr in 1947. Their collaboration was so great that some even doubted their real existence, sometimes to comic...

Professor Tony Mann of the University of Greenwich and Visiting Gresham Professor of Computing Mathematics discusses some of his personal heroes in Mathematics. Tony Mann is Visiting Professor of Computer Mathematics at Gresham College....

A short introduction to Professor Flood’s lecture on Isaac Newton. Though Newton’s work is of foundational importance, very little is said about the man himself. Professor Flood describe Newton as a “suspicious, neurotic and tortured...

Robotics is another of HM Governments eight great technologies. Is it possible that in a few years we might have machines with artificial intelligence? In this lecture I will describe the mathematics of machine learning and explain its...

Quantum science has been one of the most successful and useful theories ever invented. Indeed quantum technology was added as the ninth of the original eight great technologies. However, quantum mechanics is also, at the same time, one...

Gresham Professor of Geometry, Raymond Flood, begins his series 'Great Mathematicians, Great Mathematics' with Pierre de Fermatf='http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/fermats-theorems' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Fermat...

In this short introduction to Euler and his work, Professor Raymond Flood talks about Euler’s enormous contribution to mathematics. As well as being one of the most prolific mathematicians of all time, Euler is often regarded as one of...

Isaac Newton’s work on celestial mechanics laid the foundation for the modern understanding of the world’ and the universe. He is the giant upon whose shoulders mathematicians stand. Professor Raymond Flood, Gresham Professor of Geometry...

Mobius is perhaps best known for his topological form, the Mobius Band, but whilst this is treated as a mathematical curiosity, its hugely important in the study of topology and cosmology. Professor Raymond Flood, Gresham Professor of...

Never shy of explaining difficult mathematical concepts to a lay person, Gresham Professor of Geometry, Raymond Flood, discusses Cantor’s work on Infinities and sets. This is a short introduction to Professor Flood’s upcoming lecture on...

Strip away the trimmings of a traditional science presentation, add cocktails, and you have WSF Spotlight. Here, astrophysicist Mario Livio, from the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute, takes us on a tour of the cosmos in all its...

In this highly entertaining performance combining math with magic, Arthur Benjamin—aka, the the "Mathemagician"—displays amazing feats of mental mathematical gymnastics and explains the secrets behind his lightning-fast math skills. How...

Professor Rosemary A. Bailey takes the audience through the hsitory of the latin squaref='http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/some-history-of-latin-squares-in-experiments' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>square Professor...

The story of the most productive collaborations in mathematical history='http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/hardy-littlewood-cartwright-and-ramanujan' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>history The collaboration between G.H....