You are invited to attend the von Neumann Memorial Lectures at Princeton University, taking place on October 5 and 6, 2007.
Free and Open to the Public
"Budapest: The Golden Years:
Early Twentieth Century Mathematics Education in Budapest
and Lessons for Today"
Panel Discussion - New Location
October 5, 2007
3–6 p.m.
Dodds Auditorium,
Robertson Hall,
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs,
Princeton University
Overview:
István Deák, Columbia University,
Seth Low Professor Emeritus of History
Tibor Frank, Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest,
Professor of History
Panel Moderator: Paul Humke, St. Olaf College
Panelists:
Ronald Graham, University of California, San Diego
Recipient of the Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement
Peter Lax, New York University,
Recipient of the Wolf and Abel Prizes
László Lovász, Eötvös Loránd University,
Recipient of the Wolf Prize
Vera Sos, Alfred Renyi Institute,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Marina von Neumann Whitman, University of Michigan,
Economist
"Living in von Neumann’s World: Scientific creativity, technological advancement, and civilization’s accelerating
Dilemma of Power
Lecture and Panel Discussion
8 pm, Saturday October 6, 2007
McCosh 50 Lecture Hall
Princeton University
Introduction by Charles Harper
Lecturers:
Thomas Schelling, University of Maryland College Park,
Nobel Laureate, Economics
George Dyson, von Neumann biographer
Panel Moderator: Eric Gregory, Princeton University
Panelists:
Freeman Dyson, Institute for Advanced Study
Martin Nowak, Harvard University
Robert Wright, Princeton University
For details:
http://www.princetonpublicevents.org |
