[Maths-Education] Maths-Art Seminar at LKL: October 14, Tony Mann, "From Tristram Shandy to Bad Sex: Some uses of mathematics in fiction"

[Phillip Kent]

Thanks David. I will check with Tony Mann for info and send it to the
list.

- Phillip

On Mon, 2010-09-27 at 10:26 -0500, David H Kirshner wrote:

> 
> Tony, if you're on this list, for those of us who won't be able to attend is there any chance of getting a short bibliography of the "recent crop of diverse and fascinating mathematical novels?"
> Thanks.
> David Kirshner
> Louisiana State University
> 
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> FROM TRISTRAM SHANDY TO BAD SEX: SOME USES OF MATHEMATICS IN FICTION
> 
> An LKL Maths-Art seminar by Tony Mann
> Thursday 14 October 2010, 6.00 - 7.30pm
> 
> The worlds of mathematics and fiction might be thought to have little in
> common, but mathematics has featured in many novels, and many novelists
> have engaged seriously with mathematics and mathematicians.  A few
> (perhaps surprisingly few) mathematicians have written fiction; many
> real and imaginary mathematicians have been appropriated as fictional
> characters, and novelists have based work on various mathematical
> structures and devices. This talk will examine some of these literary
> uses of mathematics. It will look at some illustrative examples from
> Plath to Borges and the Oulipo, mention some of the recent crop of
> diverse and fascinating mathematical novels, and discuss some of the
> issues that arise from this meeting of disciplines.
> 
> In his twenty-one years at the University of Greenwich, TONY MANN has
> taught mathematics, software engineering and digital media.  His roles
> at the University have included Head of Department of Mathematical
> Sciences, 2002-2010.  Before becoming an academic he worked as a
> software engineer in the electricity supply industry, writing
> mathematical modelling software. He is currently President of the
> British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM), is also Treasurer
> of the interdisciplinary Leonardo da Vinci Society, and has served on
> the Committee of the Computer Arts Society. In 2009 he organised a
> conference on Mathematics and Fiction in Oxford, following which he
> published an article in the BSHM Bulletin about mathematics and fiction.
> 
> DATE: Thursday 14th October
> TIME: 6.00 to 7.30pm
> PLACE: London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald St, London, WC1N 3QS
> [Travel information & maps at: http://bit.ly/LKL-MathsArt-venue ]
> 
> Next seminar: 11 November
> 
> All welcome. No reservation required, but an email to
> lkl.maths.art at gmail.com is appreciated for planning purposes
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