BIRS Public Lecture Series

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences and the Banff Centre are pleased to announce the start of a series of free public lectures hosted by the Banff International Research Station.

These lectures will feature distinguished scientists, writers, and public speakers addressing developments, ideas, issues, and personalities in the world of the mathematical sciences, and more generally all of the sciences, as they relate to our times, our culture, and our society.

The Art and Mathematics of Star Polygons
by Reza Sarhangi, Mathematics Department, Towson University
Sunday September 28, 2003, 7:30pm
TransCanada Pipelines Pavilion, The Banff Centre

Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight
by Paul Hoffmann
Tuesday September 2, 2003, 7:30pm
TransCanada Pipelines Pavilion, The Banff Centre