Festival of Math: March 10-11 at the Italian Academy

From The Italian Academy, Columbia University and The Italian Cultural Institute of New York:

"The Festival della Matematica, Rome presents

MATH FESTIVAL: "Mathematical Creations and Recreations"New York, March 10-11, 2009

The Italian Academy, Columbia University The Italian Cultural Institute of New YorkTuesday, March 10th

11 a.m. at the Italian Academy"The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics"Lecture by the Nobel Laureate in Physics Sheldon Glashow

2.00 p.m. at the Italian Academy"The (mis)behaviour of financial markets"Lecture by Benoit Mandelbrot

5.00 p.m. at the Italian Cultural Institute Press conference 6.00 p.m. at the Italian Cultural Institute"Imaginary interview with Galileo Galilei"Reading by Claudio Bartocci and Piergiorgio Odifreddi (RSVP for this event: 212 879-4242, ext. 364)

Wednesday, March 11th

9.00 a.m. at the Italian Academy "Statistical thinking is hard, causal thinking is easy" Lecture by the Nobel Laureate for Economics Daniel Kahneman

11.00 a.m. at the Italian Academy "The early days of game theory in Princeton "Lecture-interview withthe Nobel Laureate for Economics John Nash and Harold Kuhn (coordinated by Piergiorgio Odifreddi)

2.00 p.m. at the Italian Academy"The elegant mathematical universe"Lecture-interview with Brian Greene(coordinated by Piergiorgio Odifreddi)

6.00 p.m. at the Italian Cultural InstituteFilm screening "Flatland. A journey of many dimensions"The movie edition Director Jeffrey Travis, animator Dano Johnson Edwin A. Abbott with Thomas Banchoff and the Filmmakers of Flatland With commentary by Thomas Banchoff and Achille Varzi(RSVP for this event: 212 879-4242, ext. 364)

Events at the Italian Academy offer first-come, first-served seating.

Events at the Cultural Institute, except for the press conference, require an RSVP.

2 locations in New York, March 10-11:Italian Academy Columbia University 1161 Amsterdam Avenue (just south of 118th Street) Italian Cultural Institute 686 Park Avenue, NYC (just south of 69th Street)"