Of natural sciences in the information age

The Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is holding a symposium entitled

Of natural sciences in the information age

in the National Library, lecture hall on the 2nd floor,

Saturday, February 11, 2017 .

 

The symposium begins at 1:30 PM and ends no later than 4:15 PM.

 

Four talks will be given as follows:

 

Natural Science and Metaphysics: The Enlightenment and Christian Wolff

Henry A. Henrysson, philosopher

 

Phlogiston and 18th-century chemistry

Huginn Freyr Thorsteinsson, philosopher of science

 

COFFEE BREAK

 

"His fire still burns": On Linnaeus' influence on Icelandic scientific articles

Ágúst H. Bjarnason, botanist

 

Icelandic folk sources on the worldview of astronomy 1750–1850

Einar H. Guðmundsson, astrophysicist

 

Moderator: Kristín Bjarnadóttir, mathematician

 

The presentation of each talk takes about 20 minutes.

About 10 minutes will be given for questions and discussion after each presentation.

 

During breaks, the company offers coffee breaks.

 

Excerpts from the presentations will be available at the symposium. They will be published later.
accessible on the company's website, http://fraedi.is/18.oldin/