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A Global History of the Eclipse of 29 May 1919

This event focuses on mathematical expeditions in history. How has maths shaped these historical voyages of exploration? This video is part of the British Society for the History of Mathematics/Gresham College lecture. This is Part 3 of 3. A lecture by Professor Ana Simões, University of Lisbon 23 October 2019 6-7pm (UK time) https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-an... THE 2019 BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS / GRESHAM COLLEGE ANNUAL LECTURE The event will focus upon mathematical expeditions, outlining how the use of mathematics has been instrumental to the success of historical voyages of exploration. The main speaker, Professor Ana Simões, will discuss A Global History of the Eclipse of 29 May 1919 (6pm). This will be preceded by shorter presentations by Dr Stephen Johnson on Privateer and Mathematician: the Voyages of Edward Wright (4pm) and by Dr Rebekah Higgitt on Mathematical Practice and 18th-Century British Voyages of Scientific Exploration (4:45pm). Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 2,000 lectures free to access or download from the website. Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Twitter:   / greshamcollege   Facebook:   / greshamcollege   Instagram:   / greshamcollege   #GreshamLectures #Maths #Mathematics #Eclipse #Eddington #Crommelin #Cottingham #Einstein #Dyson #Astronomy #Moon