Citius, Altius, Fortius: Records, Medals and Drug Taking We examine the striking patterns between world record performances in...
Mathematical Structure in Fiction Mathematical concepts have often been used to create new structural forms in fiction, as in the works of Raymond Queneau and Jorge Luis Borges.
The Secret Mathematicians From composers to painters, writers to choreographers, the mathematician’s palette...
Sir Christopher Wren and the Rebuilding of the City Churches after the Great Fire of London In this lecture, Anthony Geraghty will reveal how Sir Christopher...
Science Fiction as a Literary Genre: Science Fiction in the Nineteenth Century The second part of this symposium includes the following talks...
Ancient Greek Ideas of Equality under the Law The Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen has posed the question...
Experts in politics: Lessons from Socrates and Aristotle Socrates sought to test the expertise of everyone around him...