The British Society for the History of Mathematics
Visual representations of the mathematical sciences in the early modern period
Dr. Volker R. Remmert, Mainz University
2.00 pm on Saturday, 12th December, 2009 in the Hardy Room, LMS, De Morgan House, 57-58 Russell square, London, WC1B 4HS
The early modern mathematical sciences were embedded in a rich visual culture and mathematicians drew heavily on it. To promote their individual career, particular results and theories, or their specific discipline they would design elaborated visual statements. Thus the iconography of frontispieces or scientific instruments often highlighted the antiquity, the nobility and the utility of the mathematical sciences. The talk affords an insight into such visual strategies – often overlooked today, but essential to early modern mathematicians.
Admission is £5 (free to students), including tea/coffee after the lecture, which should be sent with your name, address and e-mail to:
Raymond Flood, Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road, OX2 6PN
The British Society for the History of Mathematics is registered as a company limited by guarantee, no. 3326816, and as a charity, no. 1061229. Its registered office is c/o Andrew Thurburn & Co, 38 Tamworth Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 1XU, UK.