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The Story of Halley's Comet
Christmas Day, 25th December 1758.
Amongst the many gifts given, for astronomers, the greatest was the arrival of a comet, predicted to return by...
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The Mathematician who sent us to the Moon
"There will always be science, engineering, and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics."
In 1963, American astronaut John Gle...
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The Mystery of Fermat's Last Theorem
The story of how a simple equation a schoolchild could understand vexed the world's greatest mathematicians for hundreds of years.
In the 17th cen...
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The Genius of Marie Curie
"I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift, nor easy"
It's hard to win a Nobel Prize.
It's harder to win two.
It's so hard to win...
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Einstein's Miracle Year
In all of human history what's the most any one person has accomplished in a year?
In 1905, unknown 26 year old Albert Einstein posted 4 papers ...
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Newton and his Year of Wonders
There's a deadly illness sweeping the nation. You've been confined to your house. What do you do?
Well if you're like most of the world's populat...
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The Incredible Life of Srinivasa Ramanujan
In 1913 a letter was received by English mathematician G.H. Hardy at the University of Cambridge from India. The letter, written by 26 year old In...
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