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Invitation to the Symposium A Cultural History of Mathematics in the 18th Century at the Einstein Forum in Potsdam, Germany (https://www.einsteinforum.de) Program Thursday, June 13, 2019 7:00 pm Opening 7:15 pm Maarten Bullynck, Paris / David E. Rowe, Mainz A Global and Cultural History of Mathematics. Aims and Challenges of a 6-Volume Project Friday, June 14, 2019 10:00 am Jeanne Peiffer, Paris Inventing Mathematics in the 18th Century. Challenges and Disciplines 11:00 am David Bellhouse, London, On. / Jip van Besouw, Brussels Mathematics and Worldviews. Newtonianism and Probability in the 18th Century 12:30 pm Franziska Bomski, Potsdam The Art of Abstraction. Poetic Reflections on Mathematics 3:00 pm Helmut Pulte, Bochum A Universal Key to the World. On the Significance of the Infinitesimal Calculus 4:30 pm Jane Wess, Edinburgh From Newton to Newcomen. Mathematics and Technology in the Western World 5:30 pm Maarten Bullynck, Paris Numeracy and the Mathematical Profession in the 18th Century The conference will be held in English and is open to the public. A prior registration is not required. Contact: [log in to unmask] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MERSENNE list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MERSENNE&A=1