The British Society for the History of Mathematics
The Queen's College, Oxford OX1 4AW, Saturday 28 February 2009, 10:30am - 5:30pm
Organiser: Benjamin Wardhaugh (benjaminwardhaugh@fastmail.fm)
Our annual meeting for research students in the history of mathematics to speak about their work.
Keynote speaker: Raymond Flood, ‘Celtic Tigers: 150 years of a mathematical tradition?’
Student speakers:
Liz Clark, Open University
Michael Barany, Cambridge: ‘God, King, and Geometry: Cauchy’s reactionary rigor’
Daniel Mintz, St Andrews
Viktor Blåsjö, London: ‘The Rôle of Aesthetics in Mathematics’
Jantien Dopper, Utrecht
A registration form is now available. For all enquiries contact the organiser.
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 39 High Street, Syresham, Northamptonshire NN13 5HL, UK.