Robert Recorde News Today

The Castle of Knowledge by Welshman and Oxford academic Robert Recorde was sold for £10,000 at Hansons Auctioneers.

The ancient book was published before Galileo was born, making it one of the first astronomy texts published in the English language.

The historical book - published before famous Italian astronomer Galileo was even born - went under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers today

The sale of a first edition of the 1556 work is "almost unheard of", says a book expert.

The sale of a first edition of the 1556 work is "almost unheard of", says a book expert.

A 467-year-old astronomy book written by a former Oxford University graduate turned professor could fetch £10,000 at an auction.

I love learning how logic designers of the past solved tricky problems with innovative solutions. The more I delve into this sort of thing, the more I say to myself, “Wow! I would never have thought of that!” A great example is binary coded decimal (BCD) because there’s a lot more to this topic than…

Today's weird word of the day will be familiar to keen mathematicians. If you're not a mathematician, like me, it's still a cool word.

Our writer returned to the seaside resorts of his youth – such as Tenby and Pendine – to find out if they have retained their charms

Physician, Mathematician, Author, Inventor of the = sign Born c1510 Died 1558 in al mennes workes, you be not abused by their autoritye, but evermore at...