Saturday, June 28, 2008

Conference - History of Science in France and Great Britain

The History of Science in France and Great Britain. Cross-Perspectives.
The Maison Francaise d'Oxford and the History Faculty of the University of Oxford are pleased to invite you to a one-day conference on the history of science in France and Great Britain, on the 3rd of July 2008. Papers will be given in English. Further information can be found on the Maison Francaise website, at the following link: http://www.mfo.ac.uk/event. The conference includes a panel on science and literature:

LITERARY USES OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOURSE

Chairman: Dr Kirsten Shepherd-Barr (University of Oxford, Saint Catherine's College)

Dr Frédérique AÏT-TOUATI (University of Paris Sorbonne/University of Oxford, New College)
The optics of fiction in Kepler's Somnium


Liliane CAMPOS (Maison Française d’Oxford, University of Paris Sorbonne)
"Mathematics on stage in Paris and London: a comparative study of Jean-François Peyret's *Le Cas de Sophie K.* and Complicite's *A Disappearing Number*

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