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Inaugural LectureDoubly secret history and the modernism of mathematicsProf. Brenda Gourley, Professor Jeremy GrayThis event took place on 16th February 2005
Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University, Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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Much of the life of modern mathematics is revealed in its history, and much of that history has been discovered in the last forty years. In particular, we can begin to see the arrival of modern mathematics as a cultural Modernism, and deepen our understanding of the nature of mathematics and its place in modern life.