by scribe | Nov 10, 2013 | off-topic
This morning, as I was lying in my hotel room in London waiting for the sun to come up, I started thinking for the N-th time about the upcoming Doctor Who 50th anniversary special. For anybody who is not interested in science fiction, not interested in television, not...
by scribe | Oct 2, 2013 | off-topic
[The following entry was originally posted on 29 September. This is the last of my posts on the Heidelberg Laureate Forum. For chess fans, I will return to our regular subject matter in my next post. Thanks for your patience while I was hanging out in math-land!] Two...
by scribe | Oct 1, 2013 | off-topic
(Originally posted 26 September.) Today I had the real privilege of hearing Manuel Blum’s talk at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum. It was about… “Wait a minute!” I hear you saying. “Manuel Blum didn’t give a talk at the forum!”...
by scribe | Sep 30, 2013 | off-topic
(Originally posted 26 September.) During yesterday’s boat ride on the Neckar River, I had the chance to interview one of the youngest participants in this year’s Heidelberg Laureate Forum: Lisa Sauermann, an undergraduate at the University of Bonn, who was celebrating...
by scribe | Sep 29, 2013 | off-topic
(Originally posted 24 September.) Here’s an amazing trick that Curtis McMullen performed in yesterday’s workshop on Quantum Mechanics and Topology, organized by Ryan Grady. McMullen modestly declined to be photographed, so here Grady demonstrates the...
by scribe | Sep 26, 2013 | off-topic
I wasn’t going to write about this. I was going to keep it to myself. But then Klaus Tschira, the chairperson of the HLF Foundation, mentioned it in his welcoming speech, and he didn’t mince words. “Some may feel there are not many mathematicians...
