Events at Physics |
Events on Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar
- Poetry, mathematics, and science
- Time: 12:05 pm
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin
- Speaker: Robin Chapman, UW Department of Communicative Disorders
- Abstract: Several recent anthologies have focused on the use of mathematics and science in poetry across the centuries. I'll read from my own and other's work, particularly the collection Strange Attractors: Poems of Love and Mathematics, in honor of Valentine's Day, and discuss briefly what questions a science of poetry comprehension might ask.
- Astronomy Colloquium
- Title to be announced
- Time: 3:30 pm
- Place: 6515 Sterling Hall
- Speaker: Ethan Vishniac, Johns Hopkins University