Oxford Reflections

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The Radcliffe Observatory dating from 1794 reflected in the Andrew Wiles Building dating from 2013.

The following is an extract from Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radcliffe_Observatory
"Radcliffe Observatory was founded and named after John Radcliffe by the Radcliffe Trustees. It was built on the suggestion of the astronomer Thomas Hornsby, who was occupying the Savilian Chair of Astronomy, following his observation of the notable transit of Venus across the sun's disc in 1769 from a room in the nearby Radcliffe Infirmary. The building is now used by Green Templeton College off the Woodstock Road and forms a centrepiece for the college.The original instruments are located in the Museum of the History of Science in central Oxford, with the exception of the Radcliffe 18/24-inch Twin Refractor telescope, which was transferred to the University of London Observatory."

Extract from www.worldconstructionnetwork.com/news/oxford-university-opens-andrew-wiles-mathematical-institute-building-041013 as follows -
“Oxford University in the UK has opened a new £70 million ($113 million) mathematical institute building. The building is named after the Oxford professor, Andrew Wiles, who proved Fermat's last theorem. Designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects, the Andrew Wiles building will feature six lecture theatres, 500 mathematical researchers and about 900 undergraduates. The building will have space to unite all of the university's mathematicians departments, who were previously based at three separate locations.”