Math Awareness Month April 2005 Mathematics and the Cosmos

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MAM 2005 Events at UD

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Sponsored by Mathematical Sciences

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The following public lectures will be held at the Newark campus of the University of Delaware. This public lecture series is designed to improve understanding of the role of mathematics in different settings. This year's theme is "Mathematics and the Cosmos." The talks are planned for a general audience with no specific mathematical preparation. Join us in celebration of MAM. Click on a speaker's name for a biography, or on a talk title for an abstract.

Click here for the official Math Awareness Month web site.

• April 15, 4-5 PM
  William H. Matthaeus, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Delaware
  Title: Turbulence, the Solar Wind, and Correlation Analysis
  This lecture will be held in 115 Purnell Hall, UD Newark campus.
  Refreshments will be served after the talk in Ewing 436.

• April 27, 4-5 PM
  Dr. Eleftherios Economou, Research Center of Crete, Greece
  Title: THIS WORLD
          this small world the great
  This lecture will be held in 130 Sharp Laboratory, UD Newark campus.
  This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Physics
  Refreshments will be served after the talk from 5-7 in Mechanical Hall.

• May 4, 4-5 PM
  Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Distinguished Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State University. This talk is jointly sponsored by the UD chapter of Sigma Xi
  Title: Negative Refraction in Outer Space
  This lecture will be held in 130 Sharp Lab , UD Newark campus.
  Refreshments will be served after the talk.

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  University of Delaware
  Information: diggins@math.udel.edu
  http://www.math.udel.edu/news/mam05_an.html