THE THOMAS HARRIOT SEMINAR 2008
St. John's College, Durham
18-20 December |
Thursday 18 December |
| 2.00-3.00 |
Registration |
Reception |
| 3.15-4.30 |
Jennifer Rampling (HPS, University of Cambridge) George Ripley and the Alchemy of Elizabethan England |
Leech Hall |
| 4.30-5.00 |
Tea and biscuits |
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| 5.00-6.30 |
Stephen Johnston (Museum of the History of Science, Oxford): Thomas Digges and magnetism. |
Leech Hall |
| 6.30-7.00 |
Sherry and soft drinks |
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| 7.00-8.00 |
Dinner |
Dining Room |
| 8.00-9.30 |
Stephen Clucas (Birkbeck, University of London): Atomism, mechanism and chymistry in the natural philosophy of Walter Warner. |
Leech Hall |
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| Friday 19 December |
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8.00-9.15 |
Breakfast |
Dining Room |
| 9.30-10.45 |
Professor Sir Arnold Wolfendale (Durham): A near contemporary of Harriot: Galileo Galilei. |
Leech Hall |
| 10.45-11.15 |
Coffee/tea and biscuits |
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| 11.15-12.30 |
Jackie Stedall (University of Oxford): Thomas Harriot’s ‘Magisteria magna’. |
Leech Hall |
| 12.30 |
Photo call |
Front steps |
| 12.45-1.45 |
Lunch |
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| 2.00 |
Visit to the Heritage Centre with Dr Doyle (tbc) |
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| 4.30-6.00 |
Cesare Pastorino (Indiana University): Francis Bacon and the mining entrepreneurs of the early Stuart period. |
Leech Hall |
| 7.00 |
Buffet and violin performance by Tom Gregory Smith |
Leech Hall |
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| Saturday 20 December |
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| 8.00-9.15 |
Breakfast |
Dining Room |
| 9.30-10.45 |
Muriel Seltman (London):The significance of the Artis analyticae praxis (especially for non-mathematicians). |
Leech Hall |
| 10.45-11.15 |
Coffee/tea and biscuits |
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| 11.15-12.30 |
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Leech Hall |
| 12.30 |
Close of conference. A short business meeting will be held. |
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