'Editing Historical Mathematics: techniques and traditions since
1900': research symposium.
All Souls College, Oxford
Thursday 15 and Friday 16 December 2011
The editing and transmission of old mathematics have long been of
scholarly concern, and the translation of mathematics into new
languages or new media has regularly raised explicit anxieties. In
the twentieth century, editorial practice in this area has changed
rapidly, influenced by models of editorial scholarship developed for
classical texts, by the impact of new typesetting technologies over
the last several decades, and now by the new agendas surrounding the
creation of electronic and online texts.
This symposium will bring together a group of scholars to discuss
their own experiences as editors in the light of older approaches to
mathematical texts, and to discuss some of the ‘classic’ mathematical
editions of the last hundred years, as well as such related issues as
the role of learned journals and the meaning of canonicity for
mathematics.
Speakers and topics:
Fabio Acerbi (CNRS), Editing Greek mathematical texts
Rob Bradley (Adelphi), Editing G.F.A. de l’Hôpital (tbc)
Stephen Clucas (Birkbeck), Editing the mathematical chapters of
Thomas Hobbes’s De corpore
Benno van Dalen (Frankfurt), Editing mathematical-astronomical
tables: From Nallino to the personal computer
Niccolò Guicciardini (Bergamo), D. T. Whiteside’s edition of Isaac
Newton’s mathematical papers
Alex Lee (Chicago), On Digitizing Archimedes
Karen Parshall (Virginia), Editing the History of Mathematics: Ten
Years of Historia Mathematica (1990–2000)
François Pineau (Nantes), On the mathematical editions of Paul Tannery
Jackie Stedall (Oxford), Creating a digital edition of the
manuscripts of Thomas Harriot
Bernard Vitrac (CNRS), Establishing the text of Heron of Alexandria
Benjamin Wardhaugh (Oxford), Mathematical ‘sourcebooks’ and canonicity
A limited number of places are available for observers. The cost will
be £50, and will cover attendance at the conference sessions, with
tea and coffee, and at the conference dinner on 16 December.
Unfortunately accommodation cannot be provided for observers.
To reserve a place, or for any enquiries, please contact Benjamin
Wardhaugh at:
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Dr Benjamin Wardhaugh
All Souls College
Oxford OX1 4AL
UK
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