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Euclid on the Road: Cross Cultural Transmission Translation and Transformation of the Elements
On Clavius’Edition of Euclid
Published on Wednesday, December 04, 2019
Abstract
The study day is co-organized by SPHère (UMR 7219) and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin). We will discuss the impact and diffusion in Europe and China of the important edition of the Elements of Euclid published by the Jesuit Christoph Clavius in 1574.
Announcement
Program
- 9:30: Welcome
- 9:45–11:00: Eberhard Knobloch (Berlin–Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin): On Clavius’s contributions to the mathematical sciences
- 11:00 – 11:15 Break
- 11:15–12:30 : Ugo Baldini (Università di Padova): The Jesuits’ thrust into Slavic Europe, and the diffusion of the western Euclid
- 12:30–13:45 Lunch
- 13:45–15:00 : Shin Higashi (Tokai University, Tokyo): Clavius vu de la philosophie des mathématiques au XVIe siècle
- 15:00–15:15 Break
- 15:15–16:30 : Shuyan Pan (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing): Understanding and Reinterpreting : A textual-contextual analysis of the Translation of Clavius’ Elements into China in the Early 17th Century
- 16:30–16:45 Break
- 16:45–18:00 : Sabine Rommevaux (CNRS, SPHERE): Les ajouts à la seconde édition de Clavius des Eléments d’Euclide
Practical information
University Paris Diderot, Room Klimt, 366A, Building Condorcet, 4, rue Elsa Morante, 75013 Paris
Contact: Vincenzo de Risi (SPHère, & MPIWG)
vincenzoderisi ( at ) univ-paris-diderot.fr
Subjects
- Science studies (Main category)
- Society > Science studies > History of science
- Mind and language > Thought > Intellectual history
Places
- Salle 366A, 3e étage / Room 366A, 3rd floor - Université Paris Diderot, laboratoire SPHère, bâtiment Condorcet, 4 rue Elsa Morante
Paris, France (75013)
Date(s)
- Friday, December 13, 2019
Attached files
Keywords
- Euclide, Euclid, géométrie,geometry,China, Chine, jésuite, jesuit
Contact(s)
- Vincenzo De Risi
courriel : vincenzoderisi [at] gmail [dot] com
Reference Urls
Information source
- Nad Fachard
courriel : nad [dot] fachard [at] univ-paris-diderot [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Euclid on the Road: Cross Cultural Transmission Translation and Transformation of the Elements », Study days, Calenda, Published on Wednesday, December 04, 2019, https://doi.org/10.58079/141a
