Sunday-Wednesday, June 17-20, 2007 At The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Click here to download a detailed program (PDF) Sunday, June 17, 2007 9:00—12:30 Jed Buchwald, Caltech The Origins of Newton's Experimental Techniques Coffee break (10:00—10:30) William Newman, Indiana University New Light on Newton's Chymistry John Young, Sussex University Missing Bits of the Jigsaw: New Evidence about Newton's Alchemical Manuscript Legacy Lunch break (12:30—14:00) 14:00—17:00 Rob Illife, Sussex University Reading Himself into Heresy? Newton's Early Theological Work Scott Mandelbrote, Cambridge University The Origins of Newton's Heterodoxy Reconsidered Stephen Snobelen, University of King's College, Halifax “From Infinity to Infinity”: The Theology of Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica 19:00 Opening of the Exhibition: Newton's Secrets ñåãåúéå ùì ðéåèåï At the National Library (entrance hall) The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram Campus, Jerusalem The exhibition will be held from June 17 – July 17, 2007. Sundays – Thursdays 9:00 – 19:00; Fridays 9:00 – 13:00 Monday, June 18, 2007 9:00—12:30 George Smith, Tufts University Asking Questions beyond the Norm Coffee break (10:00—10:30) Amir Marmor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Newtonian Principles in a Cartesian World: F. U. T. Aepinus' Electrical Theory Lunch break (12:30—14:00) 14:00—17:00 Niccolo Guicciardini, University of Bergamo Reconsidering the Commercium Epistolicum Elhanan Yakira, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Newton, Leibniz and Clarke Coffee break (16:00—16:30) Mordechai Feingold, Caltech From the Principia to the Chronology Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:00—12:30 Raquel Delgado – an independent scholar “What Ezekiel says”: Newton as Temple Scholar Coffee break (10:00—10:30) Mark Steiner, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Newton's Work on the Biblical Cubit Kenneth Knoespel, Georgia Tech Newton and the Emergence of Economic Value: From the Laboratory to the Mint 12:30—14:00 Lunch break 14:00—17:00 Raz Chen-Morris, Bar-Ilan University From Camera Obscura to Prism: Tracing the Motion of Light from Kepler to Newton Andrew Janiak, Duke University Newton's Philosophical Struggle with Descartes Coffee break (16:00—16:30) Liam Dempsey, Dalhousie University “A Compound Wholly Mortal”: Isaac Newton and the Metaphysics of Personal Immortality Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:00—12:30 Zur Shalev, University of Haifa The Scholarship of Samuel Bochart and Its Influence on Newton Coffee break (10:00—10:30) James Force, University of Kentucky Newton and Natural Law Yosef Mali, Tel Aviv University A Matter of Principle: Vico's New(tonian) Science |
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