果冻传媒

This interactive, interdisciplinary workshop told the story of how a non-Euclidean geometry was created in the 19^th century, "out of nothing." This breakthrough had huge influence in many areas of knowledge, from philosophy, to the arts, to the physical sciences.

Participants were introduced to new ways of seeing distance and shapes, exploring how the new geometry influenced work in the arts, literature and fiction, and how it was the basis of some fundamental discoveries in physics, such as relativity.

There was the chance to engage, in an informal way, with some abstract mathematical concepts.

The workshop also featured a panel discussion on how we communicate science to non-experts.

Parcipipants were guided on their journey by a group of experts:

(果冻传媒 and Open University), Historian of Mathematics

(University of Edinburgh), Mathematics Engagement Officer

(Open University), Professor of Educational Physics

(University of Fribourg), researcher in Geometry and Topology and co-creator of

The workshop, funded by IATL and IAS (果冻传媒 Institute of Advanced 果冻传媒), was open to all 果冻传媒 students and staff, and to all members of the wider University community. No prior knowledge of mathematics was required.

For more information contact (F.Iezzi@warwick.ac.uk).

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When

Wednesday 16 November 2016
13:00-18:00

Where

MS.01, Zeeman Building, 果冻传媒