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IP: UPenn Math Dept Centennial -- Freeman Dyson


From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 01:02:36 -0700





Addendum:  Special Advanced Notification

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Friday, October 29, 1999
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4:00 pm   Freeman Dyson, Institute of Advanced Study
          "The Science and Politics of Climate"
        University of Pennsylvania, DRL, room A8
        Refreshments will be served

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Saturday, October 30, 1999
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      Math Department's Centennial Celebration
      University of Pennsylvania, 200 College Hall

10:00 am       Welcome

10:10 am       Cathleen Synge Morawetz
              Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
              "Mathematical Proof and Major Changes to be
              expected in Applied Mathematics".

10:30 am       Bert Vogelstein, M.D.
              John Hopkins Oncology Ctr. and Howard Hughes Inst.
              "Biomedical Research at the Millenium"

11:10 am       George E. Andrews
              Pennsylvania State University
              "Paradoxes for the Twenty-First Century"

11:30 am       Freeman J. Dyson
              Institute of Natural Science
              "Mathematics as a Tool for Understanding Nature"

12:00 noon     Audience Q & A

12:30-3:00 pm  Lunch Break

3:00 pm                Awards Ceremony

3:30 pm                Penn Glee Club

4:00 pm                Freeman J. Dyson
              Institute of Natural Science
              "Gravity is Cool:  Or, Why our Universe is
              Hospitable to Life"

*********  The morning and afternoon sessions are free and open to the public.

6:00 -10:30    Reception and Banquet
              The Inn at Penn
              Sansom Common
              3600 Sansom Street

Tickets are $50 per person.

Please email centennial () math upenn edu for more information.


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