THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/bshm/
C H R I S T M A S M E E T I N G
Thursday 16 December 1999
Harkness Hall. Birkbeck College, Malet St, London WC1
P R O G R A M M E
(provisional)
0930 Registration and coffee
1015 Prof. David Gooding 'Numbers, Humans and Science'
(University of Bath)
1115 Prof. Martin Kemp 'On Growth and Form: Thompsonian
(University of Oxford) Themes in Biology and Art'
1230 LUNCH
1400 Members' session
Dr Dennis Simms, 'Diocles on Burning Mirrors: the first experimental test
of a mathematical prediction?'
Dr Muriel Seltman, 'Thomas Harriot and the Solution of the Cubic'.
1450 AGM
1510 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 (address below), or give them to any member
of Council on the day.
1530 TEA
1600 Dr Andrew Hodges 'The Universal machine made practical:
(University of Oxford) Alan Turing's vision.'
1700 END
The cost of attending the meeting will be as follows
Meeting alone (including tea and coffee) £10 for BSHM members
£16 for non-members
£6 for students
Christmas lunch (a cold buffet including a glass of wine, and coffee) £18
We should be grateful if you book as early as possible. The deadline for
booking lunches will be 9 December.
Further details will be available in due course on the BSHM web site
and from J. V. Field, Department of History of Art, Birkbeck College, 43
Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD, U. K.; fax: 0171.631.6107, fax and voice
messages: 0171.736.9198; email: [log in to unmask]
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The British Society for the History of Mathematics
http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/bshm/
B o o k i n g F o r m
BSHM Christmas meeting
Harkness Hall, Birkbeck College, 16 December 1999
Meeting alone (including tea and coffee) £10 for BSHM members
£16 for non-members
£6 for students
Christmas lunch (cold buffet, including a glass of wine, and coffee) £18
I shall attend the Christmas meeting, and do/do not want lunch.
Please tick if you require a vegetarian meal [[ ]]
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Please return this form as soon as possible to Chris Weeks, Downeycroft,
Virginstow, Beaworthy, EX21 5EA, email: [log in to unmask]
D e a d l i n e for lunch numbers is 9 December.
The British Society for the History of Mathematics is registered as a
company limited by guarantee no. 3326816 and as a charity no. 1061229.
Registered office: 20 Dunvegan Close, Exeter, Devon EX4 4AF.
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