Registration (free) for the BSHM's "Mathematics in Times of Crisis" online meeting is open at http://www.bshm.ac.uk/events/mathematics-times-crisis-online-conference.
All are welcome.
Confirmed speakers are:
Richard Simpson (independent): "Paolo Ruffini (1765-1822) -a forgotten talent"
Norman Biggs (LSE): "Don't panic -send for a mathematician: memories of Bill Tutte"
Tony Gardiner: "Alison who?"
Henrik Kragh Sørensen& Anton Suhr (Copenhagen): "Abel and the foundations of mathematics (title tbc)"
David Robertson (Independent): "Gödel's incompleteness theorem, and the reaction to it"
Michael Friedman (Humboldt, Berlin): "Metaphorical reactions to the "crisis of intuition""
Stefano Gulizia(Polish Institute of Advanced Studies): "Truth" and "testimony" in the 17th century (title tbc)
Brigitte Stenhouse (Open University): "Conjuring the "spirit of Laplace": translation as an answer to mathematical crisis"
Michael Barany (Edinburgh): "How to reschedule an International Mathematics Conference postponed due to world events, 1939-1950"
Peggy Kidwell (Smithsonian): "Mathematical instruments in times of crisis"
Details and abstracts also available at http://www.bshm.ac.uk/events/mathematics-times-crisis-online-conference.
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