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Fall Eastern Sectional Meeting
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
October 12-13, 2013 (Saturday - Sunday)
Meeting #1093
Associate secretaries:
Steven H. Weintraub, AMS shw2@lehigh.edu
Special Session on History of Mathematics in America
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Saturday October 12, 2013, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics in America, I
Room 306, Tuttleman Learning Center
Organizers:
Thomas L. Bartlow, Villanova University
Paul R. Wolfson, West Chester University
David E. Zitarelli, Temple University zit@temple.edu
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8:30 a.m.
The Role of Psychology in Mid 20th Century Reform in American Mathematics Education.
David Lindsay Roberts*, Prince George's Community College
(1093-01-104) -
9:00 a.m.
Mathematical Recreations and Machines - Nim,Tic-Tac-Toe, and the Advent of the Digital Computer.
Peggy Aldrich Kidwell*, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
(1093-01-111) -
9:30 a.m.
The Cajori Two Project: Initial Results.
Walter J. Meyer*, Adelphi University
(1093-01-119) -
10:00 a.m.
The History of the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics in the United States.
Alan Tucker*, Stony Brook University
(1093-01-20) -
10:30 a.m.
Reproving Principia: Automated Theorem Proving and the Materials of Mathematics.
Stephanie Dick*, Harvard University
(1093-01-130)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday October 12, 2013, 2:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics in America, II
Room 306, Tuttleman Learning Center
Organizers:
Thomas L. Bartlow, Villanova University
Paul R. Wolfson, West Chester University
David E. Zitarelli, Temple University zit@temple.edu
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2:00 p.m.
Mathematics and the Politics of Race: The Case of William Claytor (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1933).
Karen V. H. Parshall*, University of Virginia
(1093-01-140) -
2:30 p.m.
Sustaining the Community: Publications and Public Spaces.
Della Dumbaugh*, University of Richmond
(1093-01-270) -
3:00 p.m.
Funding Science in the Cold War: Persuading the Ford Foundation.
Patti W Hunter*, Westmont College
(1093-01-112) -
3:30 p.m.
The Analyst: Mathematical publishing "on the boarders of civilization," 1873-1883.
Deborah A. Kent*, Drake University
(1093-01-331) -
4:00 p.m.
American Mathematics 1890 to 1913: From Approximate Nullity to the Verge of Parity with Europe.
Steve Batterson*, Emory University
(1093-01-64)
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2:00 p.m.
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Sunday October 13, 2013, 8:30 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics in America, III
Room 306, Tuttleman Learning Center
Organizers:
Thomas L. Bartlow, Villanova University
Paul R. Wolfson, West Chester University
David E. Zitarelli, Temple University zit@temple.edu
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8:30 a.m.
The History of Chinese Mathematics in America.
Joseph W. Dauben*, Lehman College, City University of New York
(1093-01-131) -
9:00 a.m.
Mathematics and Cultural Exchange: New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences' Participation in International Conferences and Visits.
Brittany Shields*, University of Pennsylvania
(1093-01-267) -
9:30 a.m.
Gőttingen is Here.
Charlotte K. Simmons*, University of Central Oklahoma
(1093-01-158) -
10:00 a.m.
American Innovation in Mathematical Instruments.
Amy Ackerberg-Hastings*, University of Maryland University College
(1093-01-21)
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8:30 a.m.
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