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| The "Dreaming Spires" of Oxford |
Welcome to my "Mathematical History PLUS" blog. This post is intended to wrap up my 2022 math history travels and to introduce new readers to the blog. I created this blog in 2016 when I first went on a travel sabbatical researching the history of mathematics. The intent was to capture the math history places and items I came across during those 7 weeks of travel. Since that time I have unexpectedly done quite a bit more travel, and always with a focus on the history of mathematics, and so I have kept this blog going. After each lengthy segment of travel I post an introduction/conclusion.
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| A Door off the Quad of the Old Bodleian ("Geometriae et Arithmeticae") |
I have a nearly identical blog for my students, a blog that is entirely focused on the mathematical aspects, and that can be found at
http://mathsab.blogspot.com/. That blog does not have the word "PLUS" in its title whereas this one does since I created this one for friends and family. So while this blog contains mathematical information, it also contains details of travel and what I'm feeling and how I'm doing as I carry out these journeys, as well as posts about things I do during my travels that are unrelated to mathematics. This is especially true of the posts for the year 2022. When I started the blog in 2016, the posts were mostly focused on mathematics but had some personal detail included. The posts in 2022 have flipped that on its head and become mostly a travel blog with a bit of mathematical detail added! So, again, if you're looking solely for the history of mathematics, either click the link above, or check out my posts prior to 2022.
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| Genealogical Roll of the Descent of John Dee [Cotton. Ch. XIV.1.] courtesy of the British Library |
So, hopefully this post helps you orient yourself to this blog and/or directs you to a similar one that might be of more specific interest. I do plan to do more travels relating to the history of mathematics -- currently am planning another trip to the UK and am also hoping to get to Italy, mostly to focus on Girolamo Cardano but also Luca Pacioli, Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Tartaglia, and Mary Fairfax Somerville. We'll see what the future holds. For now, thanks for stopping by!
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| Display at Oxford's History of Science Museum |
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| Merton College, Oxford |
