Dr. Michael Friedman

History of Active Matter, History of Mathematics; Philosophy of Mathematics

Psychoanalysis

Monographs & Books

Friedman, M. 2018. A History of Folding in Mathematics: Mathematizing the Margins. Science Networks. Historical Studies, 59, Basel: Birkhäuser.

Edited Volumes & Exhibition Catalogues

Friedman, M., Seppi, A. eds. 2017. Martin Heidegger: Die Falte der Sprache. Wien; Berlin: Turia + Kant.

Articles in Edited Volumes

Friedman, M. 2020. »Baroquian Folds: Leibniz on Folded Fabrics and the Disruption of Geometry.« In Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences, edited by Sriraman, B. Cham: Springer, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70658-0_93-1

Friedman, M. 2020. »Bilder der Mathematik. Von Maschine und Architektur zu Organismus und Milieu.« In Milieu Fragmente: Technologische und ästhetische Perspektiven, edited by Ladewig, R., Seppi, A. Leipzig: Spector Books, 284–302.

Friedman, M. 2020. »Klee, Laban, Schlemmer, Marey: Four conceptions of movement in the 1920s.« In Digital Klee – Pedagogical Sketchbook – An Inquiry Into The Future Of Form, edited by Braun, Pierre Dijon: Les presses du reel, 56–74.

Krauthausen, K., Friedman, M. 2020. »Active Matter.« In Materials Research: Inspired by Nature. Innovation Potential of Biologically Inspired Materials, edited by Fratzl, P., Jacobs, K., Möller, M., Scheibel, T., Sternberg, K. acatech Diskussion (Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften). München: utzverlag, 80-81. https://en.acatech.de/publication/materials-research/

Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K. 2019. »Aktive Materie.« In Materialforschung: Impulsgeber Natur. Innovationspotenzial biologisch inspirierter Materialien und Werkstoffe, edited by Fratzl, P., Jacobs, K., Möller, M., Scheibel, T., Sternberg, K. acatech DISKUSSION. Munich: utzverlag, 84–86. https://www.acatech.de/publikation/materialforschung-impulsgeber-natur/

Friedman, M. 2019. »Coloring the Fourth Dimension? Coloring Polytopes and Complex Curves at the End of the Nineteenth Century.« In Science in Color: Visualizing Achromatic Knowlegde, edited by Bock von Wülfingen, B. Berlin: De Gruyter, 81-97.

Katan-Schmid, E., Friedman, M. 2019. »Questioning dance notation: a dialogue.« In Du signe à la performance - La notation, une pensée en mouvement, edited by Journeau, V. A. Paris: Editions L'Harmattan, 405-433.

Friedman, M., Krausse, J. 2016. »Folding and Geometry: Buckminster Fuller’s Provocation of Thinking.« In On Folding: Towards a new Field of Interdisciplinary Research, edited by Friedman, M., Schäffner, W. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 139-174. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839434048-toc

Friedman, M., Schäffner, W. 2016. »On Folding: Introduction of a New Field of Interdisciplinary Research.« In On Folding: Towards a New Field of Interdisciplinary Research, edited by Friedman, M., Schäffner, W. Bielefeld: transcript, 7–30.

Articles

Friedman, M., Muñoz Alvis, J. 2021. »Haüy, Weiß, Fröbel: the influence of nineteenth-century crystallography on the mathematics of Friedrich Fröbel’s kindergarten. Part 1: the published materials.« Paedagogica Historica, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/00309230.2020.1865424

Friedman, M., Muñoz Alvis, J. 2021. »Haüy, Weiß, Fröbel: the influence of nineteenth-century crystallography on the mathematics of Friedrich Fröbel’s Kindergarten. Part 2: new evidence from unpublished notes.« Paedagogica Historica, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/00309230.2021.1876744

Friedman, M. 2020. »On Mathematical Towers of Babel and “Translation” as an Epistemic Category.« The Mathematical Intelligencer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-020-09969-x

Friedman, M., Rittberg, C. J. 2019. »The material reasoning of folding paper.« Synthese, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02131-x

Friedman, M. 2019. »A plurality of (non-)visualizations: Branch points and branch curves at the turn of the 19th century.« Revue d’histoire des mathématiques, 25, (1): 109–194.

Friedman, M. 2019. »How to notate a crossing of strings? On Modesto Dedò’s notation of braids.« Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 74, (4): 281-312. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-019-00238-8

Friedman, M. 2019. »Mathematical formalization and diagrammatic reasoning: the case study of the braid group between 1925 and 1950.« British Journal for the History of Mathematics, 34, (1): 43-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/17498430.2018.1533298

Conference Proceedings

Friedman, M. 2020. »Friedrich Fröbel’s conception of crystallography and the mathematical education at the 19th century kindergartens.« Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on the History of Mathematics Education, Barbin, E., Bjarnadóttir, K., Furinghetti, F., Karp, A., Moussard, G., Prytz, J., Schubring, G. (Eds). WTM-Verlag, 303–316. https://doi.org/10.37626/GA9783959871686.0

Talks & Presentations

Friedman, M. Medieval Hebrew mathematical manuscripts left in mediis rebus. Talk at the Seminar »Histoire des sciences, histoire du texte«, Université de Paris, France. Virtual. 7 May 2021.

Friedman, M. Towards a critical edition of Ḥibbur ha-Meshiḥah ve-ha-Tishboret. Talk at Internal Colloquium. the meeting of the SFB »Episteme in Bewegung«, Freie Universität Berlin. Virtual. 8 May 2021.

Friedman, M. Changes of the Architectural Metaphor in Mathematics during the 19th and the 20th century. Talk at Conference. the conference »Architecture_Metaphor«, LOEWE Research Cluster Architectures of Order, Frankfurt am Main. Virtual. 6 November 2020.

Friedman, M. How to notate a crossing of a braid? Notation as epistemic and/or as a hindrance. Talk at Conference. the APMP Fifth International Meeting, Zurich. 18 January 2020.

Friedman, M. Material models of braids: Exploration with materiality as a dead end? Talk at the workshop »Exploratory Modelling and Exploratory Models in Science«, Technische Universität Berlin. Virtual. 19 November 2020.

Friedman, M. Metaphorical reactions to the »crisis of intuition«. Talk at the joint conference of the British Society for the History of Mathematics and the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics »Mathematics in Times of Crisis«, Virtual. 6 July 2020.

Kammer, S. Actio/Activity: Rhetoric Matters. Talk at Conference. »On Activity. A Joint Symposium on Activity and Materiality« organized by Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K., 7 February 2020.

Friedman, M. Braids in Germany and Italy in the 20th century: material practices of strings. Talk at the Institute of Mathematics, University of Rostock. 22 March 2019.

Friedman, M. Duality and the implicit introduction of ramification curves between 1830 and 1860. Talk at CIRM, Marseille, France. 6 May 2019.

Friedman, M. Friedrich Fröbel’s crystallography and the mathematical education at the 19th century Kindergartens. Talk at the Sixth International Conference on the History of Mathematics Education, CIRM, Marseille, France. 16 September 2019.

Friedman, M. Heterogeneous mathematical practices: Complementing or translation? Talk at the 16th International Congress on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Czech Technical University, Prague. 6 August 2019.

Friedman, M. On branch points and branch curves at the turn of the 19th century. Talk at Colloquium. the Pitzer College, Claremont, California. 2 December 2019.

Friedman, M. On narratives regarding mathematics and the concept of »translation«. Talk at the workshop »Narrative and Mathematical Argument«, London School of Economics, London. 28 September 2019.

Friedman, M. On visualizations and non-visualizations of branch points and curves. Talk at the Centre Atlantique de Philosophie, Université de Nantes, France. 22 November 2019.

Friedman, M. The Activity of Folding: perspectives from mathematics, art, and material research. Talk at weißensee school of art and design berlin. 28 May 2019.

Friedman, M. The hidden role of the editor: The influence of D.E. Smith on the (history of the) mathematics of folding. Talk at the Université Paris VII – Denis Diderot, France. 9 January 2019.

Friedman, M. Where to place a diagram? The case study of “Treatise on Measurement and Calculation” and its various translations. Talk at the ESHS 1st Young Scholars Conference, Paris Observatory, Paris. 11 September 2019.

Events & Workshops

Friedman, M., Tomšič, S. On Activity II: Space and Materiality. Conference. Virtual. 19 March 2021. https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/3760/on-activity-ii-space-and-materiality

Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K. On Activity. Conference. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin. 7 February 2020. https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/1240/on-activity

Friedman, M. Past and Present in Mathematical Weaving. Conference. Virtual. 25 September 2020. https://www.matters-of-activity.de/de/activities/2241/past-and-present-in-mathematical-weaving