Presentations |
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Invited Lectures |
| 07/2006 | Inaugural lecture, Johannes Gutenberg-Univerity Mainz, Germany:
"Mumien, Mythen, Mathematik: Ägypten 1800 v. Chr." [Mummies, Myths, Mathematics: Egypt 1800 BCE]
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| 10/2005 | 2 lectures for Paper 1: Ancient Mediterranean Science, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University, England:
"Science in ancient Egypt"
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| 06/2005 | Valedictory Symposium for Henk Bos, Department of Mathematics, Utrecht University, Netherlands:
"Administration, Education, Representation: The various uses of mathematics in ancient Egypt"
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| 02/2005 | Visiting Lecturer for Lecture 2 in Mathematics: History and Culture
at the University of Exeter
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| 01/2005 | Wissenschaftshistorisches Kolloquium der Arbeitsgruppe
Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Historisches Seminar der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt (Germany):
"Mathematik und Gesellschaft im Alten Ägypten" (Mathematics and Society in Ancient Egypt)
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| 10/2004 | lecture for Paper 1: Ancient Mediterranean Science, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University, England:
"Science in ancient Egypt"
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| 10/2004 | Old Royal Naval College, University of Greenwich
Workshop "Egyptian Mathematics"
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| 10/2003 | Visiting Lecturer for Lecture 2 in Mathematics: History and Culture
at the University of Exeter
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| 02/2003 | "Day of Ancient Mathematics" at the Open University (Milton Keynes):
"Egyptian Mathematics"
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| 12/2002 | British Society for the History of Mathematics Christmas Meeting (London):
"The Mathematics in the Reisner Papyri: Practical Calculations Versus Educational Mathematics" |
| 11/2002 | Séminaire d'Histoire des Mathématiques, UMR 7596, REHSEIS, CNRS (Paris):
"Egyptian Mathematical Texts : Algorithms to Teach Mathematics" |
| 09/2001 | Geschichtliche Aspekte im Mathematikunterricht - mehr als Pythagoras?! Lehrerfortbildung in Mainz (Germany) [conference for high school teachers] :
"Rechnen bei den "alten" Ägyptern" [Calculating in Ancient Egypt] |
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Conference Papers |
| 2006 | Symposium: Aspects of Early Astronomy and Mathematics: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Islamic Middle Ages. Institute for the History of Science, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt:
"Demotic Mathematics: Tradition, Transmission, Development (?)" |
| 2005 | Séminaire histoire et épistémologie des mathématiques, journée: tables numériques (RHESEIS/CNRS Université de Paris 7, France):
"Les techniques égyptiennes de calcul et leurs auxiliaries" (Egyptian mathematical calculation techniques and their tools) |
| 2004 | International Conference on History and Heritage of Mathematical Sciences
Holkar Science College (Indore, India):
"A General Survey of Egyptian Mathematics" |
| 2004 | Showcase Seminar on History of Mathematics, Ramjas College, University of Delhi (India)
"Ancient Egyptian Ma6hematical Texts: A New Interpretation" |
| 2004 | Third British Society for the History of Mathematics/Canadian Society
for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics Joint Meeting, Clare College (Cambridge):
"The Historiography of Egyptian Mathematics: Past, Present, and Future" |
| 2003 | Workshop: Calculation Techniques in Ancient Egypt, China and Mesopotamia,
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin): "Egyptian Calculation Techniques" |
| 2002 | Ständige Ägyptologenkonferenz, Wien (Austria):
"Der mathematische Papyrus Rhind und seine Leser (2000BC - 2000AD)" [The Rhind mathematical papyrus and its readers 2000BC-2000AD)] |
| 2001 | History of Mathematics in the Last 25 Years: New Departures, New Questions, New Ideas, Tel Aviv/Jerusalem (Israel):
"Egyptian Mathematical Texts in Their Contexts" |
| | Colloque International: Les mathématiques et l'état, CIRM Luminy:
"Calculating the Daily Bread: Rations in Theory and Practice" |
| | Under One Sky: Astronomy and Mathematics in the Ancient Near East, British Museum London (Great Britain):
"The Structure of the Egyptian Mathematical Problem Texts" |
| | Picking up the Pieces: A Conference on Dealing with Ancient Fragmentary Texts, at Brown University, Providence (RI):
"Mathematical Fragments - Fragmentary Mathematics?" |
| 2000 | Dibner Lunchtime Colloquium "Algorithms in Context. A New Approach Towards the Understanding of Egyptian Mathematical Texts" |
| 1999 | 10th Novembertagung on the History of Mathematics, Holbæk (Denmark):
"Work in Progress on Ancient Calculations of Work" |
| | DMV-Tagung [Meeting of the German Association of Mathematicians], Mainz (Germany):
"Schuster, Viehhirt, Korbträger: Ägyptische Berechnungen von Arbeitsleistungen" [Cobbler, Herdsman, Carrier: Egyptian Calculations of Work]
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| 1998 | 9th Novembertagung on the History of Mathematics, Nijmegen (Netherlands):
"Die Mathematisierung von Brot und Bier" [The mathematical handling of bread and beer] |