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Seminar Details

Metaphors and (Mathematical) Models in Science and Poetry

  • Start Date: July 22, 2014
  • Event Start Time: 2:00 PM
  • Event End Time: 3:00 PM
  • Organizers: Gene Fiorini
  • Seminar Series: REU Seminar
  • Presenter(s): Philip Holmes - Princeton University
  • Event Location: DIMACS Seminar room
  • Abstract: I will describe some of the similarities and differences between the practices of applied mathematics and poetry, illustrating with examples. I will also reflect on a career in research, arguing that chance plays at least as large a role as careful planning.