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STANFORD HUMANITIES CENTER EVENTS
Simon Schaffer: Newton on the Beach: The Information Order of Principia Mathematica
Monday January 14, 2008 | 05:00 -07:00 PM |
Harry Camp Memorial Lecturer
Historian Simon Schaffer, the 2008 Harry Camp Memorial Lecturer, spoke on Newton's fascination with discoveries about ancient Indian philosophy and discussed the global network of information on which Newton relied for his "Principia Mathematica." Schaffer is the co-author, with Steven Shapin, of "Leviathan and the Air Pump" (1985) and joint winner of the 2005 Erasmus Prize. Recent publications include edited collections "The Sciences in Enlightened Europe" (1999) and "The Mindful Hand" (2007).
Simon Schaffer: Newton on the Beach: The Information Order of Principia Mathematica
Monday January 14, 2008 | 05:00 -07:00 PM |
Harry Camp Memorial Lecturer
Historian Simon Schaffer, the 2008 Harry Camp Memorial Lecturer, spoke on Newton's fascination with discoveries about ancient Indian philosophy and discussed the global network of information on which Newton relied for his "Principia Mathematica." Schaffer is the co-author, with Steven Shapin, of "Leviathan and the Air Pump" (1985) and joint winner of the 2005 Erasmus Prize. Recent publications include edited collections "The Sciences in Enlightened Europe" (1999) and "The Mindful Hand" (2007).
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The Calendar of Events lists events sponsored and co-sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center. For a more comprehensive listing of university-wide events, see the Stanford Event Calendar.