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Oxford Figures: 800 Years of the Mathematical Sciences

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Professor Robin Wilson, author of Alice's Adventures in Numberland, gives a talk on the history of studying Mathematics at Oxford, which is as old as the University itself.

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The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)
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Robin Wilson
Keywords
library
history
mathematics
Lewis Carroll
oxford
bodcasts
Department: Bodleian Libraries
Date Added: 06/05/2015
Duration: 00:38:29

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