Mathematics and society: How mathematics contributes to the quality of life

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Mathematics and society: How mathematics contributes to the quality of life

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This annual meeting series traditionally strives to support interdisciplinary debate and explore various approaches to history of mathematics. In our effort to show mathematics as an indispensable part of our culture, this time we are focusing on how mathematics can improve the daily life of people. Rather than simply juxta-posing two contradictory claims, namely that "mathematics is all around us" or that "real mathematics is almost wholly useless" (G.H. Hardy), we propose to explore how mathematics influences people's lives both directly and indirectly. Mathematics is frequently said to have contributed to developments in technology, notably in fields like aerodynamics and computing. On another level, doing well in mathematics was, since the industrial revolution, thought to imply the possibility of getting a better job, earning one's bread in a less mundane way, for example as a civil engineer as opposed to a bricklayer. On yet another level, actuarial mathematics allowed people financial security even during times of bad luck. More recently, mathematics and statistics have permeated economics as well as a wide range of scientific fields from biology through medicine to psychology and sociology. In the interdisciplinary tradition of the winter workshops in the history of mathematics, we invite contributions approaching the theme from the inside (mathematics) as well as from the outside (society), depending on the background of the researcher.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Mathematics and society: How mathematics contributes to the quality of life

Popis výsledku anglicky

This annual meeting series traditionally strives to support interdisciplinary debate and explore various approaches to history of mathematics. In our effort to show mathematics as an indispensable part of our culture, this time we are focusing on how mathematics can improve the daily life of people. Rather than simply juxta-posing two contradictory claims, namely that "mathematics is all around us" or that "real mathematics is almost wholly useless" (G.H. Hardy), we propose to explore how mathematics influences people's lives both directly and indirectly. Mathematics is frequently said to have contributed to developments in technology, notably in fields like aerodynamics and computing. On another level, doing well in mathematics was, since the industrial revolution, thought to imply the possibility of getting a better job, earning one's bread in a less mundane way, for example as a civil engineer as opposed to a bricklayer. On yet another level, actuarial mathematics allowed people financial security even during times of bad luck. More recently, mathematics and statistics have permeated economics as well as a wide range of scientific fields from biology through medicine to psychology and sociology. In the interdisciplinary tradition of the winter workshops in the history of mathematics, we invite contributions approaching the theme from the inside (mathematics) as well as from the outside (society), depending on the background of the researcher.

Druh

W - Uspořádání workshopu

CEP obor

BA - Obecná matematika

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Místo konání akce

Tři Studně

Stát konání akce

CZ - Česká republika

Datum zahájení akce

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Datum ukončení akce

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Celkový počet účastníků

15

Počet zahraničních účastníků

4

Typ akce podle státní přísl. účastníků

EUR - Evropská akce