{"id":165,"date":"2013-05-31T18:36:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T23:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/blogonmathblogs\/?p=165"},"modified":"2013-05-31T18:41:37","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T23:41:37","slug":"world-science-festival-is-happening-now-and-theres-a-lot-about-math-going-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/blogonmathblogs\/2013\/05\/31\/world-science-festival-is-happening-now-and-theres-a-lot-about-math-going-on\/","title":{"rendered":"World Science Festival is happening now! (And there’s a lot about math going on)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Physicist, two Mathematicians and a Philosopher walk into a room and start to discuss infinity.\u00a0 This sounds like the set up to a great joke.\u00a0 But it\u2019s actually one of the events that will occur tonight at 8:00PM EST (momentarily) as part of the World Science Festival<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Mathematician Keith Devlin will moderate, and you can watch it live here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Devlin will moderate a salon<\/a> aimed at graduate students, post-docs and well-informed members of the general public.\u00a0\u00a0 This salon will focus on progress made on the Continuum Hypothesis.<\/p>\n

The World Science Festival was co-founded by Emmy Award winning Journalist Tracy Day and Columbia Physics professor Brian Greene.\u00a0 This is the 5th year of the festival, which started in NY on the 29th and ends this Sunday.\u00a0 As part of the Ultimate Science Street Fair <\/a>(to be held in Washington Square), the Museum of Mathematics will present Math Midway, giving passers by the opportunity to help create a \u201cgigantic fractal tetrahedron\u201d.\u00a0 National Public Radio\u2019s \u201cAsk Me Another\u201d<\/a> \u00a0will air from the festival with mathematical guest Steven Strogatz. \u00a0As part of a\u00a0free event<\/a>, Strogatz, Astrophysicist Mario Livio (author of “Innumeracy”), and many other best-selling science authors will be available to discuss, give readings, and sign their books.<\/p>\n

For a sweeter take on mathematics and science, the microstructures and crystal networks of ice cream will be discussed during an event called the \u201cScientific Kitchen\u201d<\/a> , which will be hosted by several chefs and a microbiologist.<\/p>\n

Are you in NY now? \u00a0Send us some pictures of the Fair on Sunday! \u00a0Comment and tell us how the “mathy” events were.<\/p>\n

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A Physicist, two Mathematicians and a Philosopher walk into a room and start to discuss infinity.\u00a0 This sounds like the set up to a great joke.\u00a0 But it\u2019s actually one of the events that will occur tonight at 8:00PM EST … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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