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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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