Hi, all, This Thursday, 28 April at 4pm, the MIT Mathematics Department will host a panel discussion about the upcoming film, "The Man Who Knew Infinity," about the mathematicians Hardy and Ramanujan, based on the book by MIT professor emeritus Robert Kanigel. The panel will be moderated by HASTS alumnus Slava Gerovitch. More information below.
best, Dave Begin forwarded message: From: slava <sl...@math.mit.edu<mailto:sl...@math.mit.edu>> Subject: Fwd: Public discussion on topics surrounding the film The Man Who Knew Infinity Date: April 25, 2016 11:11:30 AM EDT To: David Kaiser <dikai...@mit.edu<mailto:dikai...@mit.edu>> Subject: Public discussion on topics surrounding the film The Man Who Knew Infinity Date: 2016-04-21 21:47 From: "Bjorn Poonen" <poo...@math.mit.edu<mailto:poo...@math.mit.edu>> To: allm...@math.mit.edu<mailto:allm...@math.mit.edu> Reply-To: poo...@math.mit.edu<mailto:poo...@math.mit.edu> The Man Who Knew Infinity: a public discussion of Hardy, Ramanujan, and mathematics, hosted by the MIT Mathematics Department Thursday, April 28, 2016, 4 P.M. MIT room 2-190 in the Simons Building (Building 2) 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA http://math.mit.edu/about/directions.php Moderator: Slava Gerovitch (historian of science, MIT Mathematics) Panelists: Pavel Etingof, Holly Krieger, Bjorn Poonen, Andrew Sutherland (all members of the MIT Mathematics Department) In anticipation of the April 29 U.S. release of the film The Man Who Knew Infinity on the relationship between mathematicians Hardy and Ramanujan, we will hold a discussion open to the general public about issues raised in the film. For instance, what does it mean to do mathematics: can mathematical progress be based on intuition alone, or must it be corroborated by proof in order to be valued? How does the mathematical community of the 21st century react to amateur mathematicians? Note: This is not a screening of the film, but some short clips will be shown. For more information about the film, which stars Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel, see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787524/ For questions about the public discussion, email poo...@math.mit.edu ________________________________ David Kaiser Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science Professor of Physics Department Head, Program in Science, Technology, & Society Massachusetts Institute of Technology 617 253-4062 dikai...@mit.edu<mailto:dikai...@mit.edu> http://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www
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