[FRIAM] Fwd: Join SFI for two lectures by Mathematician Steven Strogatz, September 21st and 22nd

Wed Nov 9 11:14:00 EST 2022

Do you know where the videos are? I'd love to watch them.

    -- Owen

On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 12:51 PM Tom Johnson <tom at jtjohnson.com> wrote:

> FYI
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> Date: Fri, Sep 9, 2022, 12:00 PM
> Subject: Join SFI for two lectures by Mathematician Steven Strogatz,
> September 21st and 22nd
> To: Tom <tom at jtjohnson.com>
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> Stanislaw Ulam Memorial Lecture Series *Mathematical Stories*
>
> *Steven Strogatz, Cornell University*
>
> *Tuesday, September 20th and Wednesday, September 21st @7:30 pm*
>
> The Lensic Performing Arts Center
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> * Image: detail " Fireflies on the Kinu River" by Kiyochika c. 1930s*
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> *Mathematicians are known for using logic* and symbols and abstractions
> in their work but, like other people, mathematicians are also storytellers.
> Their work tells stories, too — stories of what is and of what might be. In
> his 2022 Ulam lectures, Cornell University Professor Steven Strogatz will
> describe how mathematicians have tried to make sense of motion and change,
> of a world in never-ending flux. These are stories of intuition and
> courage, grounded in rigor, humility, and awe. These lectures are
> self-contained, and can be enjoyed together or separately.
>
> Steven will be signing copies of his books in the Lensic at 6:30 pm, prior
> to each lecture.
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>
> *Lecture 1: The Story of Calculus Tuesday, September 20, 7:30 pm
> <https://santafe.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79c079dcc0c23b9582f9727c8&id=67c22cf780&e=661e7b42f4>*
> Everyone has heard of calculus, but why is it so important? In this story
> of calculus, Strogatz illustrates the fantastic idea at the heart of
> calculus — an idea that, in partnership with medicine, philosophy, science,
> and technology, reshaped the course of civilization and helped make the
> world modern. It is, Strogatz argues, one of the greatest-ever triumphs of
> human creativity.
>
>
> *Lecture 2: The Story of Sync Wednesday, September 21, 7:30 pm
> <https://santafe.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79c079dcc0c23b9582f9727c8&id=eaa53cb6e7&e=661e7b42f4>*
> Every night along the tidal rivers of Malaysia, thousands of male
> fireflies congregate in the mangrove trees and flash on and off in unison.
> Similarly astonishing feats of synchronization occur throughout the natural
> and technological world. In this story of sync, Strogatz describes how our
> understanding of synchronization has evolved over the centuries and shares
> exciting new results and unsolved problems about how the structure of a
> network affects its tendency to get in sync..
>
> *Steven Strogatz
> <https://santafe.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=79c079dcc0c23b9582f9727c8&id=a57fff1594&e=661e7b42f4>* is
> the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell
> University. After graduating from Princeton in 1980, Strogatz studied at
> Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a Marshall Scholar. He did his
> doctoral work in applied mathematics at Harvard, followed by a National
> Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard and Boston
> University.
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