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Research Day 2017

Yesterday was the School’s third Research Day, a successful and enjoyable event involving contribution from all divisions. Hopefully the event is now self-sustaining. Short summaries of a few of the talks follow. The first two speakers both had “automata” in … Continue reading

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Huygens and Barrow, Newton and Hooke

Every now and again I take a random book down from my bookshelf and read it. Sometimes there is stuff worth talking about. This time it is V. Arnol’d’s book Huygens and Barrow, Newton and Hooke. This was written for … Continue reading

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