The British Society for the History of Mathematics
http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/bshm/
CHRISTMAS MEETING
Thursday 17 December 1998
Harkness Hall. Birkbeck College, Malet St, London WC1
PROGRAMME
1000 Registration and coffee
1030 Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw "Motivation in mathematics:
DBE DStJ DL C.Math Catching them young"
HonFIMA FCP FCGI CRNCM
1130 Prof. Alan Mackay FRS "Computing for crystallography"
(Birkbeck College)
There will be a small exhibition associated with this lecture.
1245 LUNCH
1400 Members' session (short papers)
T. H. Austin and A. E. L. Davis, "Robert Record: A question of sheep"
Prof. Eri Yagi (Toyo University, Japan), "Studies on the History of
Thermodynamics through a Database"
Dr G. A. Wilkins (Exeter University), "Babbage's Second Difference Engine,
how useful would it have been?"
1500 AGM
1515 Members' meeting
The length of this meeting will depend on what items BSHM members suggest
for discussion. We should like suggestions as soon as possible, but in
any case not later than the end of the lunch interval. Please send
suggested items to J. V. Field (Dept of History of Art, Birkbeck College,
43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD; fax 0171.631.6107, fax & ans. mach.
0171.736.9198, email [log in to unmask]), or give them to any member
of Council on the day.
1530 TEA
1600 Dr Clive Ruggles "Archaeoastronomy: the use of
(University of Leicester) computers and clashes of approach
in an emergent interdiscipline"
1700 END
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BOOKING FORM
BSHM Christmas meeting
Harkness Hall, Birkbeck College, 17 December 1998
Meeting alone (including tea and coffee) £9 for BSHM members
£12 for non-members
£6 for students
Christmas lunch (including a glass of wine, and coffee) £15
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Department of History of Art
Birkbeck College
43 Gordon Square
London WC1H 0PD
fax: +44.171.631.6107; tel(ans mach)/fax: +44.171.736.9198
email [log in to unmask]
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