Casting Stones at Napier’s Bones
- Calendar
- Lectures
- Date
- Wednesday, 23 Apr 2025 7:30 pm
- Location
- ***NOTE: Ashcroft Centre ***
- Speaker
- Malcolm J Watkins, BA, AMA, MIFA
Description
NOTE THE DATE and VENUE
- IT'S THE 23RD and IN THE ASHCROFT CENTRE
Our apologies, but due to the different venue and complexity of the presentation equipment, we will not be able to stream this talk on Zoom. So you will have to come to the Ashcroft Centre - and it will be worth the trip!
**Combined lecture with Cirencester Archaeological and Historical Society, CAHS hosting
In the late 16th and 17th centuries the advancement of mathematical thinking and ideas was phenomenal, with many new ideas and techniques being published and invented. This illustrated talk explores the story from Napier’s Bones to the Pascaline (the first commercial mechanical calculator) looking at slide rules and other tools used.
You do not need to be mathematically minded to enjoy this talk!
Location
***NOTE: Ashcroft Centre ***
- Street
- 21 Ashcroft Road
- City
- GL7 1RA Cirencester
The Ashcroft Centre is also Ashcroft Church, on the corner of Ashcroft Road and Ashcroft Gardens, 21 Ashcroft Rd, Cirencester GL7 1RA
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