Félag um átjándu aldar fræði (the Icelandic Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) is holding a symposium under the title Af raunvísindum fyrr á öldum (On the sciences in earlier centuries) in Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, in the lecture hall on the 2nd floor, on Saturday 4 May 2013.
The symposium begins at 13:30 and ends at about 16:30.
There will be four talks, as follows:
Learned men’s ideas about nature in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Sigurður Steinþórsson, Professor Emeritus of Geology
How did new theories and methods connected with science reach Iceland in 1700–1850?
Þorsteinn Vilhjálmsson, Professor Emeritus of the History of Science and Physics
COFFEE BREAK
Stutt undirvísun í reikningslistinni (A short introduction to the art of arithmetic) – in search of its author Kristín Bjarnadóttir, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education
Icelanders’ knowledge of glaciers up to the end of the 18th century Helgi Björnsson, glaciologist
Chair: Þór Jakobsson, meteorologist
Each talk takes about 20 minutes.
About 10 minutes are set aside for questions and discussion after each talk.
During the break, refreshments will be served outside the lecture hall on the 2nd floor.
Abstracts of the talks will be available at the symposium.
They will later be published on the society’s website, http://fraedi.is/18.oldin/