Category: Termcard

19 Oct 1954: Mr. Kenneth Gravett “Subtraction” 2 Nov 1954: Prof. G. Temple “Elementary Supersonics” 16 Nov 1954: Dr. P. J. Hilton (Cambridge) “Mathematics and Society”

18 May 1954: Mr. Trevor Fletcher (Sir John Cass College) “Making Mathematical Films” 2 June 1954: Miss M. Rayner (St. Hilda’s) “Letters to a German Princess”Preceded by the AGM

26 Jan 1954: Mr. Charles Batey (Printer to the University) and Dr. Chaundy “Mathematical Printing”Joint meeting with the Oxford Mathematical Society 11 Feb 1954: Prof. Besicovitch (Cambridge) “Area and Volume” 2 Mar 1954: Dr. Eric Phillips “Simple Thoughts on Real Numbers”

20 Oct 1953: Dr. Sykes (AERE, Harwell) “Mathematical crosswords in ‘The Listener’” 10 Nov 1953: Mr. Everitt (Balliol) “Some well-known properties of the Riemann Zeta Function” 24 Nov 1953: Prof. Coulson “Likes and dislikes in mathematics”

6 May 1953: Mr. Quenouille (Institute of Statistics) “Games of Chance” 20 May 1953: Mr. M. V. Wilkes (Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory) “Automatic Calculating Machines” 10 June 1953: Mr. E. C. Thompson “The Platonic solids”Preceded by the AGM

28 Jan 1953: Dr. M. G. Barratt “Shaggy dogs” 11 Feb 1953: Members’ Papers: Mr. E. Thomas (Hertford) “Symmetry” Mr. E. A. Pacello (Queen’s) “Stability” 25 Feb 1953: Mr. Hammersley “Two dimensions down”

21 Oct 1952: Mr. J. L. Gillams “Moving boundary problems” 4 Nov 1952: Mr. A. Hassitt (Brasenose) “S functions” 18 Nov 1952: Prof. O. R. Frisch (Cambridge) “Knots, Maps and Chaps”

6 May 1952: Dr. U. S. Haslam-Jones “Length and Measure” 20 May 1952: Dr. A. R. G. Owen (Department of Genetics, Cambridge) “Mathematical Genetics” 3 June 1952: Dr. I. W. Busbridge (St. Hugh’s) “The Historical Development of the Theory of Infinite Series”Preceded by the AGM

30 Jan 1952: Prof. A. P. Guinand (Military College of Science) “String Figures” 13 Feb 1952: Members’ Papers: Mr. J. B. Sykes (Balliol) “Fun and Games” Mr. D. Youston (Hertford) “The Swiss System”

24 Oct 1951: Dr. W. L. Ferrar (Hertford) “Mathematical Books and Periodicals” 7 Nov 1951: Dr. D. Pedoe (Westfield College, London) “The Cayley Forms of an Algebraic Variety” 21 Nov 1951: Members’ Papers: Mr. J. Girdlestone (Lincoln) “Diophantine Equations” Mr. C. Wormell (Magdalen) “The Four Colour Theorem” Mr. D. Cohen (Balliol) “Motors”