| 2 May 1918 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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The archive preserves both achievement and inequality
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| 2 May 1918 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Hardy and collaborators mediate Ramanujan's reception
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| 2 May 1918 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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An Indian mathematician enters an imperial institution
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| 2 May 1918 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Ramanujan is elected Fellow of the Royal Society
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| 23 June 1912 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Britain persecutes Turing for homosexuality
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| 23 June 1912 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Wartime codebreaking joins mathematics and state power
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| 23 June 1912 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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The Turing machine defines a general model of computation
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| 23 June 1912 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Alan Turing is born
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| 13 August 1843 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Lovelace distinguishes calculation from intelligence
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| 13 August 1843 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Lovelace's Analytical Engine notes are published
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| 13 August 1843 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Note G gives a machine procedure for Bernoulli numbers
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| 13 August 1843 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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The notes envision programmable media
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| 14 June 1822 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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State funding connects calculation with empire
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| 14 June 1822 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Automation reorganizes mathematical labour
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| 14 June 1822 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Finite differences make mechanical tabulation possible
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| 14 June 1822 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Babbage presents his Difference Engine proposal
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| 10 December 1815 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Ada Lovelace is born
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| 10 December 1815 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Gender shaped Lovelace's access to mathematics
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| 10 December 1815 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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A Bernoulli-number procedure becomes an early algorithm
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| 10 December 1815 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Lovelace imagines computation beyond arithmetic
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| 23 December 1763 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Bayesian methods later gain wide influence
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| 23 December 1763 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Price edits and communicates Bayes' unpublished work
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| 23 December 1763 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Inverse probability links evidence and uncertainty
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| 23 December 1763 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Bayes' essay is read to the Royal Society
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| 5 July 1687 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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The Principia drew on global observations
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| 5 July 1687 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Mathematics unifies terrestrial and celestial motion
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| 5 July 1687 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Halley supports publication of the Principia
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| 5 July 1687 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Newton's Principia is published
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| 1 February 1673 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Mechanical arithmetic changes the meaning of skilled work
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| 1 February 1673 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Leibniz demonstrates a calculating machine
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| 1 February 1673 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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The stepped drum extends mechanical calculation
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| 1 February 1673 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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The calculator depended on craft knowledge
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| 6 March 1665 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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The journal's network reflected empire and exclusion
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| 6 March 1665 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Mathematical knowledge becomes periodical news
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| 6 March 1665 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Scientific communication gains a dated public record
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| 6 March 1665 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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First issue of Philosophical Transactions appears
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| 4 December 1639 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Horrocks observes a transit of Venus
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| 4 December 1639 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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Small networks contribute to mathematical astronomy
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| 4 December 1639 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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The transit supports measurement of the solar system
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| 4 December 1639 |
United Kingdom
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Mathematics
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A corrected planetary model produces a successful prediction
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