American Mathematical Society
All talks are held in 306 Tuttleman Learning Center (13th St. & Montgomery Avenue), Temple University
Saturday October 12, 2013, 8:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m. David Lindsay Roberts, Prince George’s Community College
The role of psychology in mid 20th century reform in American mathematics education
9:00 a.m. Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, National Museum of Amer. History, Smithsonian Inst.
Mathematical recreations and machines—Nim, tic-tac-toe, and the advent of the digital computer
9:30 a.m. Walter J. Meyer, Adelphi University
The Cajori Two Project: Initial results
10:00 a.m. Joseph W. Dauben, Lehman College, City University of New York
The history of Chinese mathematics in America
10:30 a.m. Stephanie Dick, Harvard University
Reproving Principia: Automated Theorem Proving and the materials of mathematics
Saturday October 12, 2013, 2:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m. Karen V. H. Parshall, University of Virginia
Mathematics and the politics of race: The case of William Claytor (Ph.D., UPenn, 1933)
2:30 p.m. Della Dumbaugh, University of Richmond
Sustaining the community: Publications and public spaces
3:00 p.m. Patti W Hunter, Westmont College
Funding science in the cold war: Persuading the Ford foundation
3:30 p.m. Deborah A. Kent, Drake University
The Analyst: Mathematical publishing “on the boarders of civilization,” 1873-1883
4:00 p.m. Steve Batterson, Emory University
American mathematics 1890 to 1913: From approximate nullity to the verge of parity with Europe
Sunday October 13, 2013, 8:30 a.m.-l0:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m. Alan Tucker, Stony Brook University
The history of the undergraduate program in mathematics in the United States
9:00 a.m. Brittany Shields, University of Pennsylvania
Mathematics and cultural exchange: New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences’ participation in international conferences and visits
9:30 a.m. Charlotte K. Simmons, University of Central Oklahoma
Göttingen is here
10:00 a.m. Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, University of Maryland University College
American innovation in mathematical instruments
10:30 a.m. Florence Fasanelli, AAAS
The mathematics that informed Marcel Duchamp