Article ID: CBB822558486

The BSHM: The first fifty years (2021)

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The British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM), founded in 1971 and the oldest national society for the history of mathematics, is celebrating its half-century. This article describes how and why the Society was founded, and what it has achieved over its first fifty years.

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Authors & Contributors
Lemay, Margaret A.
Geffen, Laurence B.
Arnold-Forster, Agnes
Hanzhang Ye, John
Richards, Linda J.
McLachlan, Elspeth M.
Journals
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Science
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
History of Science
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
European Mathematical Society
Cambridge University Press
Concepts
Societies; institutions; academies
Mathematics
Science and society
Science and government
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Women in science
People
Brian Cox
Robinson, Robert
Porter, George, Sir
Massey, Harrie Stewart Wilson
Martin, David Christie
Luce, Robert Duncan
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
Great Britain
United States
Scotland
Switzerland
China
Canada
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Génome Canada
UNICEF
Australasian Neuroscience Society
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Schweizerische Mathematische Gesellschaft
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