Mathematics – Heritage – Education
Examples of work completed or undertaken. Click the header images to find out more!
“This piece explores how we can bridge the gap between research and the classroom, using history to move past a fixed body of rules and reposition mathematics as a deeply collaborative, creative human endeavor.”
Tags: article, IMA, mathematics, Mathematics Today, MathsInMuseums, museums, writing
“Stream Thomas K. Briggs’ interview on the TMiP podcast exploring how authentic mathematical threads are deeply woven into heritage sites and architecture.
Tags: mathematics, MathsComm, museums, podcast, TMiP
I was invited to give a keynote speech at the University of Northampton’s MA Conference, as an alumnus of the their MA Education programme.
Tags: education, keynote, mathematics, talk, university
A paper published by the British Journal for the History of Mathematics detailing a research project in which Jason Yip and I planned and taught a half-term’s worth of maths lessons to two classes at a Secondary School in Milton Keynes. These lessons followed the school’s usual Scheme of Work, but Jason and I included History of Maths content in every lesson.
Tags: BJHM, education, history, mathematics, research, writing
“This article is an open invitation to look at history through a completely different lens, guiding readers to discover how deeply mathematical thinking is woven into historical collections and architecture.”
Tags: article, history, mathematics, Mathematics Today, MathsInMuseums, museums, writing
“… a guest post from museum educator and mathematician Tom Briggs, about his session at last August’s Talking Maths in Public conference.”
Tags: mathematics, MathsComm, museums, writing
I was invited as a guest onto the first episode of Teachwire Talks, hosted by Helen Mulley. The episode, Are You Smarter than a Stoneage Engineer, puts me in conversation with Dr. Jennifer Wexler, Historian at English Heritage, to discuss how the prehistoric Stonehenge site can spark powerful learning in modern STEM classrooms.
Tags: education, mathematics, MathsComm, museums, online, podcast
I am very pleased, not to mention flabbergasted, to announce that The Mathematicians’ Library won both categories: it was picked from the shortlist as the editors’ favourite, and received just shy of 50% of the Readers’ Choice votes with 236 out of 475 choosing it as their prime pick of 2025.
Next time you’re in a museum, gallery, library, or archive, keep an eye open for these mathematical themes!
Tags: blogpost, galleries, libraries, mathematics, MathsComm, museums, National Numeracy, online, writing