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Subject: BSHM conference: 'History of Cryptography', Cambridge, U.K., 24 June 2000
From: [log in to unmask] (J. V. Field)
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THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/bshm/
C O N F E R E N C E
H i s t o r y o f C r y p t o g r a p h y.
Cambridge, Mill Lane lecture rooms
Saturday 24 June 2000
The meeting is a follow up to the very successful conference on this
subject the BSHM held at Bletchley Park in June 1998.
The organisers are Whitfield Diffie and J. V. Field.
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THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/bshm/
H I S T O R Y O F C R Y P T O G R A P H Y
Cambridge, Mill Lane lecture rooms
Saturday 24 June 2000
P R O G R A M M E
0930 Registration and coffee/tea
1025 Dr Ross Anderson Welcome
(University of Cambridge)
1030 Dr Karl de Leeuw J. F. Euler (1741-1800) on
(University of Utrecht) cryptology and the anatomy of
writing
1130 Dr Gabriel Landini Secrets of mediaeval science?:
(University of Birmingham) The Voynich Manuscript
1230 LUNCH
1400 Stephen Budiansky Codebreaking with IBM machines
(Leesburg, VA) in World War II
1500 Dr R. A. Ratcliff How the Germans proved
(Oakland, CA) Enigma secure
1600 Tea/coffee
1645 Professor Donald Michie Colossus and the breaking of
(University of Edinburgh) the wartime Fish codes
1745 End
The British Society for the History of Mathematics is grateful to
the London Mathematical Society for its support of this conference
SPONSORED BY nCipher
The fee will be stlg16 for members of the BSHM, stlg27 for non-members, and stlg7
for students. This includes coffee and tea. Lunch will be available at
stlg14.50.
FURTHER DETAILS on the BSHM web site and from J. V. Field, Department of
History of Art, Birkbeck College, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD; fax
0171.631.6107, fax and voice messages 0171.736.9198; email
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N. B. From 22 April 2000 the teelphone numbers wiil change, the prefixes
0171 being replaced by 0207
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THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/bshm/
H I S T O R Y O F C R Y P T O G R A P H Y
Cambridge, Mill Lane lecture rooms
Saturday 24 June 2000
BOOKING FORM
Meeting alone (including tea and coffee) stlg16 for BSHM members
stlg27 for non-members
stlg7 for students
Buffet lunch (including a glass of wine, and coffee) stlg14.50
I shall attend 'History of Cryptography', and do/do not want lunch.
Please tick if you require a vegetarian meal
Name
Address (see note below if paying by credit card)
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The London Mathematical Society is monitoring the activities it supports,
so we should be grateful if you would answer the following questions
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Please return this form to Dr A. E. L. Davis, 10 Montpelier Mews, London
SW7 1HB, UK
DEADLINE for lunch numbers is 17 June.
Further details on the BSHM web site and from J. V. Field, Department of
History of Art, Birkbeck College, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD; fax
0171.631.6107, fax and voice messages 0171.736.9198; email
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The British Society for the History of Mathematics is grateful to
the London Mathematical Society for its support of this conference
SPONSORED BY nCipher
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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