Special Session 14: History of Mathematics
Including a Special Workshop on Mathematics and War
Organizers:
Thomas Archibald (Vancouver)
Moritz Epple (Frankfurt/Main)
John McCleary (Poughkeepsie)
Norbert Schappacher (Strasbourg)
Timetable
The length of talks will be either 40 mins or 20 mins; the
remaining
time will be used for discussion. Abstracts can be viewed by clicking
on the talks.
Room
All talks will be given in the same room: Institute of Mathematics,
Staudinger-Weg 9, 5th floor, Room 05-136
Thursday, June 16, 9:30 - 11:20: Mathematics and War, I
9:30
Introduction by the organizers
9:40-10:30
Catherine
Goldstein (Paris): French Mathematicians Through the First
World War
10:30-11:20
Thomas
Archibald (Vancouver): World War I and Mathematics in the U.S.
Thursday, June 16,
13:00 -
15:20: Mathematics and War, II
13:00-13:25
Mike
Siddoway (Colorado Springs): The Indian Wars, Eugenics, and Statistics:
A Broader View of Scientific Racism Before the Outbreak of
World War II
13:30-14:20
John
McCleary (Poughkeepsie): Hassler Whitney, the Applied Mathematics
Panel, and Airborne Weapons Accuracy
14:30-15:20
Volker
Remmert (Mainz): "The State Puts Mathematics to a Test in the War" -
The DMV and the Organization of Mathematical Research in World War II
Thursday, June 16, 16:30 - 19:00: Mathematics and War, III
16:30-17:20
Amy
Dahan-Dalmedico (Paris): From World War II to the Cold War: Mathematics
as a
Universal and Polymorphic Tool for Action
17:30-18:20
Tinne
Hoff Kjeldsen (Roskilde): New Developments in Mathematics in Post War
USA: The Significance of World War II
18:30-19:00
Commentary (Moritz Epple) and general discussion
Friday, June 17,
13:30 -
16:20: General, I
13:30-14:20
Srishti
D. Chatterji (Lausanne): Felix Hausdorff - His Life and Works
14:30-15:20
David
E. Rowe (Mainz): Einstein's Interactions with Mathematicians
15:30-16:20
Della
Fenster (Richmond): Dickson's 'Gems': An Archive Speaks
Friday. June 17,
16:30 - 18:30: General II/Mathematics and War IV
16:30-16:55
Carmel
Y. Adrian (Poughkeepsie): The Female Mathematician Emmy
Noether: A Life Between Outstanding Achievements and "Disrespectful
Company"
17:00-17:25
Christa
Binder (Vienna): Two Female Mathematicians from Austria - and How World
War II Changed Their Lives and Works
17:30-17:55
Dan
Alexander (Des Moines): Stefan Banach and the Weigl Institute: Banach
During World War II
18:00-18:30
Commentary (Norbert Schappacher) and closing discussion
hosted by Arbeitsgruppe Wissenschaftsgeschichte,
Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
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