Closed theories in physics: from Poincaré and Hilbert to Heisenberg. Symposium on neo-Kantians and scientific revolutions: ruptures and continuities within the neo-Kantian tradition (1860-1940). HOPOS 2024, 15th Biennial Congress, University of Vienna, 9-12 July, 2024.
The prehistory, discovery and early impact of Hermann Minkowski's electrodynamics of moving media and spacetime in Göttingen and Paris. International Scientific Conference Dedicated to the 160th Anniversary of Prof. Dr. Hermann Minkowski, Kaunas University of Technology, 20-22 June, 2024.
Henri Poincaré's discipline of stellar dynamics: star streams and "la jeunesse des étoiles". Poincaré 2022, Henri Poincaré Archives, Nancy, 6 July 2022.
The epistemic power of closed theories. Fourth Franco-Mexican Advanced Seminar in the History and Philosophy of Science, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 17 May 2022. [video]
Models as epistemic markers, from Descartes to Poincaré. Journées doctorales, IMN Jean Rouxel, Faculty of Science and Technology, Nantes, 29 April, 2022.
Solving the triode: the Appleton--van der Pol collaboration. Session F29: Making and modeling wireless waves, from Hertz to Andronov, Society for the History of Technology--History of Science Society Annual Meeting, online, 19 November, 2021.
Stars as molecules: Poincaré and von Zeipel on globular clusters and the structure of the Milky Way. Symposium 21: Expanding the range of statistical mechanics, from Poincaré and von Zeipel to Smoluchowski and Fowler, 26th International Congress of History of Science and Technology, online, 26 July, 2021.
Stability of spiral nebulae and the origins of modern cosmology. International online workshop Observing, sensing, detecting: toward a multi-layered picture of the universe from historical and epistemological perspectives, organized by the Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy with the endorsement of IAU Commission C3: History of Astronomy, 5 February, 2021.
Response to David Hyder, "The modality of economic science". Panel 10: Philosophy of Economics and Heterodox Economics, International Colloquium "The Positive and the Normative in Economic Thought", online, 18 December, 2020.
Statistical mechanics and the rise of relativistic cosmology. Interdisciplinary seminar "Empirical spaces/Conceptual spaces", University of Nantes, 10 December, 2019.
Stargas models of the universe and the rise of statistical astronomy. Session "Cosmic Stories: Astrophysics and the Invention of Cosmology in the Early 20th Century", History of Science Society Annual Meeting, University of Utrecht, 26 July, 2019. Co-sponsored by the HSS Physical Forum and the IUHPST/DHST Commission on the History of Physics.
Eddington’s approach to star-streams and the structure of the universe. Eddington conference, IPC/Observatoire de Paris, 27-29 May, 2019.
Describing and understanding the world: from probability and statistics to heat propagation and field theory. In T. Archibald & D. E. Rowe (eds.), A Cultural History of Mathematics, Volume 5: Cultural History of Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century, 161-191, London: Bloomsbury, 2024. [HTML]
The Poincaré pear and Poincaré-Darwin fission theory in astrophysics, 1885-1901. Philosophia Scientiae 27(3), 2023, 159-187; doi 10.4000/philosophiascientiae.4178 [HTML] [PDF]
Poincaré-Week in Göttingen, in light of the Hilbert-Poincaré correspondence of 1908-1909. In M. T. Borgato, E. Neuenschwander & I. Passeron (eds.), Mathematical Correspondences and Critical Editions, 297-310, Cham: Springer, 2019; doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-73577-1_15. [HTML] [PDF]
Figures of light in the early history of relativity (1905-1914). In D. Rowe, T. Sauer, & S. A. Walter (eds.), Beyond Einstein: Perspectives on Geometry, Gravitation, and Cosmology in the Twentieth Century (Einstein Studies 14), 3-50, New York: Birkhäuser, 2018; doi 10.1007/978-1-4939-7708-6_1. [HTML] [PDF]
Ether and electrons in relativity theory (1900-1911). In J. Navarro, ed, Ether and Modernity, 67-87, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018; doi 10.1093/oso/9780198797258.003.0005. [HTML] [PDF]
Henri Poincaré’s life, science, and life in science. Historia Mathematica 44(4), 2017, 425-435; doi 10.1016/j.hm.2017.05.001. [HTML] [PDF]
Poincaré on clocks in motion. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 47(1), 2014, 131-141; doi 10.1016/j.shpsb.2014.01.003. [HTML] [PDF]
The historical origins of spacetime. In A. Ashtekar & V. Petkov (eds.), Springer Handbook of Spacetime. Berlin: Springer, 2014, 27-38, doi 10.1007/978-3-642-41992-8. [HTML] [PDF]
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Javier Anta, Information, meaning and physics: the intellectual evolution of the English School of Information Theory during 1946--1956. Mathematical Reviews, MR4556943. [HTML]
Alessandro Rosa, An episodic history of the staircased iteration diagram. Mathematical Reviews, MR4467503. [HTML]
Jean-Philippe Martinez, The Fock-Infeld dispute: an illustration of the renaissance of general relativity in the Soviet Union. Mathematical Reviews, MR4305121. [HTML] [PDF]
Gerard Gilmore and Gudrun Tausch-Pebody, The 1919 eclipse results that verified general relativity and their later detractors: a story re-told. Mathematical Reviews, MR4409390. [HTML] [PDF]
Roberto Lalli, Riaz Howey and Dirk Wintergrün, The socio-epistemic networks of general relativity, 1925--1970. Mathematical Reviews, MR4305119. [HTML] [PDF]
Claudia E. Graf-Grossmann, Marcel Grossmann: For the Love of Mathematics. Isis 111(1), 2020, 194-195; doi 10.1086/707843 [HTML] [PDF]
Roberto Lalli, Building the General Relativity and Gravitation Community During the Cold War. Centaurus 61(4), 2020, 451-453; doi 10.1111/1600-0498.12230. [HTML] [PDF]
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Beyond Einstein: Perspectives on Geometry, Gravitation, and Cosmology in the Twentieth Century (Einstein Studies 14). D. E. Rowe, T. Sauer & S. A. Walter (eds.), New York: Birkhäuser, 492 p., 2018. ISBN 978-1-4939-7706-2; doi 10.1007/978-1-4939-7708-6. |
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La correspondance entre Henri Poincaré les mathématiciens. Ph. Nabonnand (éd.), O. Bruneau, J. J. Gray, G. Heinzmann, Ph. Henry, J. Mawhin, D. Rowe, K. Volkert et S. A. Walter (éds. associés), Cham : Birkhäuser, 925 p., 2024, doi 10.1007/978-3-7643-8288-9. |
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La correspondance entre Henri Poincaré, les astronomes, et les géodésiens. S. A. Walter (éd.), Ph. Nabonnand, R. Krömer et M. Schiavon (éds. associés), Basel : Birkhäuser, 391 p., 2016, doi 10.1007/978-3-7643-8293-3. [Table des matières] [Introduction] Recension : Revue d’histoire des sciences 72(1), 210-211 |
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La correspondance entre Henri Poincaré et les physiciens, chimistes et ingénieurs. S. A. Walter (éd.), É. Bolmont et A. Coret (éds. associés), Basel : Birkhäuser, 2007, 515 p., doi 10.1007/978-3-7643-8303-9. [Introduction] [Errata] Review: Historia Mathematica 36(2), 185-188 |
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Henri Poincaré, Trois suppléments sur la découverte des fonctions fuchsiennes. J. J. Gray et S. A. Walter (éds.), Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1997, 108 p. Introduction. [HTML] [PDF] Les trois suppléments. [HTML] [Errata] Mathematical Reviews, MR1453360 (98m:01018) |