Current Events

Monday 05/27/2013, O.11.40

Prof. Dr. Olaf Müller (Berlin):
"Newton, Goethe und die Entdeckung neuer Farbspektren am Ende des Zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts"

Wednesday 06/05/2013

Dr. Luke Glynn (München):
"Ceteris Paribus Laws and Minutiae Rectus Laws"

Colloquium Summerterm 2013

All information concerning lectures and dates you can find here.

"Die Welt, in der wir leben wollten…
Zu einer Theorie menschlicher Umwelten"

A lecture series within the scope of the lecture series "Was ist der Mensch?"

In the auditorium of the Wuppertal Institut, Döppersberg 19, 42103 Wuppertal, every tuesday at 6 p.m.

Flyer (PDF)
Poster (JPG)

Courses of IZWT-relevant faculties in summerterm 2013

All further information can be found here.

Current Information

Starting with the summer term 2013, Heike Weber holds the new assistant chair for History of Science and Technology at the IZWT.

For further information, please click here.

"Forschung über Wahrheit - Philosophie der Physik setzt Physik voraus: In Hannover trafen sich die Wissenschaftsphilosophen, um über die Aufgaben und die Leistungsfähigkeit ihrer Disziplin zu diskutieren"

An article concerning the foundation of the Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsphilosophie in Hanover (GER) (FAZ, No. 67, p. N 5, 03/20/2013)

Dennis Lehmkuhl is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science in Pittsburgh until April 2013. On September 18, he gave a talk in the colloquium of the center, with the title "Why Einstein never really cared for geometrization". John Norton summarizes the talk on the Center website: Link

Im Rahmen des gemeinsamen DFG-Projektes von Volker Remmert mit dem Mathematischen Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach zur Digitalisierung und Erschliessung der dortigen historischen Quellenbestände (Laufzeit 10/2008 bis 4/2012) steht inzwischen eine Testversion des Oberwolfach Digital Archive zur Verfügung:  oda.mfo.de

Transcending Tradition
Jewish Mathematicians in German-Speaking Academic Culture

Transcending Tradition presents the life and work of Jewish mathematicians in Germany. Spanning a period of 150 years, it documents their emergence from segregation into the academic limelight, recalls their emigration, flight, or death after 1933, and illuminates their lasting legacies.
Produced by the History of Science Working Group at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, the exhibition highlights the key role of Jewish mathematicians in German-speaking academic culture before 1933—in teaching and academic research, professional organizations, and throughout mathematical culture.

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Upcoming Events

June 12th/13th 2013:

Teaching and publishing mathematics and science in the Society of Jesus in the early modern period
(Volker Remmert)

August 28th to 30th 2013:

Inventing science:
Iconography on Scientific Instruments in the Early Modern Period
(Arianna Borrelli, Volker Remmert)

September 11th to 13th 2013:

Die Facetten der Philosophiegeschichtsschreibung im 19. Jahrhundert
(Gerald Hartung)