Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1977-1988 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1.3 m of textual records and other material.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
British physiologist, educator and recreational mathematician, 1923-1989. Educated at Wandsworth School, Royal Dental School (London) and University College London. Military service in World War II in the Sudan and Canal Zone. Taught and carried out research in physiology at UCL following World War II until retiring in 1983 as Reader Emeritus.
Archival history
Donated by Christian Ness in 1990.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection consists of typescript and holograph manuscripts of mathematical calculations, proofs, notes, diagrams and diary entries; and coloured slides of tiling diagrams of geometric shapes in various combinations and sequences. Mathematical subjects include hexagonal tiling and prime numbers. Titles on binders containing manuscripts include Tile, Twinlock, N-rep presentations, Hex, Penrose pair, N roots, Re-ordering of O-branch sets and Pythagorean (Hex) numbers play.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Text in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
File level inventory available at repository.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Fonds is part of the Eugène Strens Recreational Mathematics Collection.
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of the fonds.
Note
Includes ca. 750 slides.