University of Oxford
GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
Journée d'Etudes à la Maison Française d'Oxford
One-day meeting at the Maison Française
Koyré et au-delà
Saturday 13th February 1999, Maison Française, Norham Road, Oxford
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ARRANGE A MORE REASONABLE PRICE FOR LUNCH - 7 POUNDS
AND
THE MAISON FRANCAISE OFFERS FREE WINE TO THOSE HAVING LUNCH.
THERE IS ALSO A NEW REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR ORDERING LUNCH - 8 FEBRUARY.
9.00 Accueil
9.10 Marie Boas Hall, 'Alexandre Koyré: a memoir'
9.30 Alain Segonds et Nicholas Jardine, 'Koyré's Kepler'
10.45 pause
11.15 Stephen Gaukroger, 'L'homme-machine: Descartes on mechanist
physiology and goal-directed processes'
12.00 Tabitta van Nouhuys, 'The reception of Copernicanism in the Southern
Netherlands: the case of Libertus Fromondus (1587-1653)'
13.00 déjeuner
14.30 Michel Blay, 'Newton: infini, géométrie, et mouvement'
15.15 Scott Mandelbrote, 'Newton and religion'
16.00 pause
16.30 Table ronde: Robert Fox et Dominique Pestre, 'L'historiographie des
sciences en France et dans les pays anglo-saxons'
All are welcome to attend.
Lunch, at a charge of £7, may be booked by sending a cheque made out to
'University of Oxford' to:
The Secretary
Museum of the History of Science
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3AZ
U.K.
by 8 February 1999.
It would also be helpful (though not essential) to have notice of those
coming who do not require lunch.
THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY PAID CAN LOOK FORWARD TO A 5 POUND REFUND.
organised by:
All Souls College
Maison Française
Modern History Faculty
Museum of the History of Science
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