Programme | 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Inter-Union Commission and Scientific Section symposia

History of Geography Inter-Union Commission (International Geographical Union and DHST)

Wed 24 July, 09:10–Thu 25 July, 12:40 ▪ Uni Place 1.219

C257. History of Geography IUC business meeting

Thu 25 July, 12:10–12:40 ▪ Uni Place 1.219

INHIGEO: International Commission on the History of the Geological Sciences (International Union of Geological Sciences and DHST)

S112. Geology in art and literature

Tue 23 July, 09:00–Wed 24 July, 10:30 ▪ Uni Place 1.218

S113. Geologists in the field

Fri 26 July, 09:10–Sat 27 July, 12:40 ▪ Uni Place 1.219

C256. INHIGEO business meeting

Sat 27 July, 14:10–17:40 ▪ Roscoe 2.3

J322. UK learned societies’ reception

Mon 22 July, 18:00–19:30 ▪ Uni Place Drum

E337. Nineteenth-century geological sections (lunchtime viewing session)

Fri 26 July, 13:00–13:30 ▪ Uni Place 1.219

ICHM: International Commission on the History of Mathematics (International Mathematical Union and DHST)

S010. The introduction of mathematics in Iberoamerica (part II)

Wed 24 July, 14:10–17:40 ▪ Roscoe 1.010

S107. Poincaré’s Méthodes nouvelles de la mécanique céleste in historical context: bridging the frontiers of knowledge in mathematics, astronomy and wireless tech

Wed 24 July, 09:10–12:40 ▪ Roscoe 2.5

S114. Mathematics and patronage

Mon 22 July, 11:00–17:30 ▪ Roscoe 1.009

S115. Mathematical knowledge at work in Ancient China

Tue 23 July, 09:00–15:30 ▪ Roscoe 2.4

S116. The history and philosophy of mathematical optimization

Thu 25 July, 09:10–12:40 ▪ Uni Place 3.205

S117. The institutionalization of mathematics and the founding of national societies

Thu 25 July, 09:00–Fri 26 July, 12:30 ▪ Roscoe 2.4

C262. History of Mathematics IUC business meeting

Fri 26 July, 16:10–17:40 ▪ Uni Place 2.219

ICOHTEC: International Committee for the History of Technology

E118. 40th anniversary symposium: the history of ICOHTEC

Mon 22 July, 11:10–17:40 ▪ Schuster Bragg

P119. Everlasting bath: the history of sauna technology and culture

Sat 27 July, 09:10–12:40 ▪ Schuster Moseley

P120. Eighth annual symposium on the social history of military technology, incorporating the Gunpowder Study Group

Wed 24 July, 09:10–Fri 26 July, 12:40 ▪ Schuster Moseley

P121. Men, knowledge and technologies in the development of the modern oil industry up to the early decades of the twentieth century

Wed 24 July, 14:10–15:40 ▪ Schuster Bragg

P123. The invisible bicycle: new insights into bicycle history

Tue 23 July, 11:10–Wed 24 July, 12:40 ▪ Schuster Bragg

P124. Generating knowledge in practice: experiments in the building sector

Sat 27 July, 14:10–15:40 ▪ Schuster Moseley

P125. Enforced specialization in computing technology: debugging the history of cooperation and competition in COMECON countries

Tue 23 July, 09:00–10:30 ▪ Uni Place 4.206

Q127. ICOHTEC special topics in the history of technology

Thu 25 July, 09:10–Sat 27 July, 10:40 ▪ Schuster Bragg

P132. Sonic skills at work: listening as an entrance to knowledge acquisition

Sat 27 July, 11:10–12:40 ▪ Schuster Bragg

P133. Knowledge for use: universities, industry and roots of the knowledge economy

Sat 27 July, 14:10–15:40 ▪ Schuster Bragg

C261. ICOHTEC Executive Committee meeting

Tue 23 July, 14:10–17:40 ▪ Schuster Bragg

C267. ICOHTEC General Assembly

Fri 26 July, 16:00–17:30 ▪ Schuster Rutherford

R326. ICOHTEC anniversary reception

Mon 22 July, 17:45–18:45 ▪ Schuster Foyer

K335. Email Special (jazz)

Fri 26 July, 21:00–23:00 ▪ Jabez Clegg

IASCUD: International Association for Science and Cultural Diversity

S045. Mathematical facets of measurement, measuring units, measured quantities and their uses

Mon 22 July, 11:00–17:30 ▪ Roscoe 1.007

S053. Knowledge at work across cultural boundaries

Tue 23 July, 09:10–12:40 ▪ Roscoe 2.3

C265. IASCUD Executive Committee meeting 1

Tue 23 July, 14:00–15:30 ▪ Room 2.57, Simon Building

C281. IASCUD General Assembly

Tue 23 July, 16:10–17:40 ▪ Uni Place 4.214

C282. IASCUD Executive Committee meeting 2

Fri 26 July, 16:10–17:40 ▪ Uni Place 4.212