Exact Sciences in the 20th Century, Jyväskylä 12.8.

[Pekka Orponen]

10TH ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM OF JYVÄSKYLÄ SUMMER SCHOOL

EXACT SCIENCES IN THE 20TH CENTURY

City Theatre, Jyväskylä
Saturday 12th August, 2000

The Jyväskylä Summer School celebrates its 10th anniversary, and
the new millennium by organizing a symposium that focuses on the
history and development of Science during the last century. The
following pioneers of science have agreed to contribute to the
symposium:

Session I:
Chairman Prof. Jouko Korppi-Tommola (University of Jyväskylä)
12.00 Opening: Rector Aino Sallinen (University of Jyväskylä)
12.15 Prof. Jean Dhombres (Centre Alexandre Koyré, Paris, Mathematics),
"History of Mathematics"
13.00 Prof. Sir Roger Elliott (University of Oxford, Physics),
"Magnetism in the 20th Century"
13.45 Prof. David Buckingham (University of Cambridge, Chemistry),
"Development of Theoretical Methods in Chemistry"

14.30 Lunch

Session II:
Chairman Prof. Pekka Orponen (University of Jyväskylä)
15.30 Prof. Anthony Edwards (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge,
Statistics),
"R.A. Fisher's 'Genetical Theory of Natural Selection' (1930)"
16.15 Prof. Juris Hartmanis (Cornell University, Computer Science),
"Computer Science: From Foundations of Mathematics to Science
Policy"

17.00 Coffee break

Session III:
Chairman Dr. Osmo Pekonen (University of Jyväskylä)
17.30 Prof. emer. Anto Leikola (University of Helsinki, History of
Science),
"Development of Science in Finland"
18.15 Round table discussion on
"The Interrelations and Future Prospects of the Exact Sciences"

19.30 Evening reception

For further information on the Symposium and on the Summer School,
see "http://www.jyu.fi/summerschool". The symposium is free of charge,
and all interested parties are welcome; however for estimating the
number of
participants at the evening reception, advance registration is requested
to the summer school secretariat at "j...@cc.jyu.fi" (tel. 014-2602206).