Editing Historical Mathematics': research symposium
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 about ten 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.
Confirmed speakers and provisional topics:
Fabio Acerbi (CNRS): Editing Greek mathematical texts Rob Bradley (Adelphi): title tbc 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): title tbc Karen Parshall (Virginia): title tbc Jackie Stedall (Oxford): Creating a digital edition of the manuscripts of Thomas Harriot Bernard Vitrac (CNRS): title tbc Benjamin Wardhaugh (Oxford): Mathematical ‘sourcebooks’ and canonicity
A limited number of places are available for observers: these will be allocated on a strictly first-come basis. 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:
Dr Benjamin Wardhaugh
All Souls College
Oxford OX1 4AL
UK