On Tuesday June 2nd, the University of Greenwich is pleased to present an afternoon exploring the history of mathematics & computing in the appropriate setting of the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich:
Donald Knuth: /"History of Computer Science versus History of Mathematics"
Karen Parshall: /"Victorian Algebra"/

Don Knuth is a retired professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, where he joined the faculty forty years ago. His multi-volume work-in-progress entitled "The Art of Computer Programming" has been translated into twelve languages. His software is used to format the pages of most of the world's books and journals about mathematics and physics. He tries to write computer programs that are actually a pleasure to read.

Karen Parshall is Professor of History and Mathematics at the University of Virginia. She works on the history of science and mathematics in America and the history of 19th- and 20th-century algebra, and her research currently focuses on the life, times, and mathematical work of the British mathematician, James Joseph
Sylvester. The organisers are grateful to the London Mathematical Society for support for Professor Parshall's visit.

Venue:

All welcome. Admission free.

Further information from Tony Mann (A.Mann@gre.ac.uk)
Travel directions at http://www.gre.ac.uk/about/greenwich/greenwich

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