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Dr Piers Bursill-Hall
University of Cambridge
BIOGRAPHY
Piers Bursill-Hall is a Lecturer in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS) at the University of Cambridge. He has taught undergraduate courses in history of mathematics and most aspects of history of science at Cambridge and elsewhere, including for the Mercantile Library of Cincinnati. His research and teaching has concentrated on history of Ancient, Renaissance, and Enlightenment science, mathematics and mathematical arts, the history of medicine, and more recently on early Islamic mathematics and science.
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Pythagoras: The Real Story
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Course • Mathematics • 7 lectures
Pythagoras: The Real Story
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Pythagoras: The Real Story
Dr Piers Bursill-HallUniversity of Cambridge
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The Origins of Algebra: Hindu-Arabic Arithmetic
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The Origins of Algebra: Hindu-Arabic Arithmetic
Dr Piers Bursill-HallUniversity of Cambridge