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SUMMARY:Global mathematics histories and futures
DESCRIPTION:What can the histories of mathematics from all societies worldwide tell us about mathematics we may need to tackle 21st century global problems? This workshop aims to bring together cross-cultural\, historical\, and frontier mathematical knowledge.\n\nWhat are the greatest mathematical challenges for humanity? In 1959 ‘the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics’ was contemplated by Wigner as ‘a wonderful gift which we neither understand nor deserve’\, the wonder being that mathematics is so powerful in describing and predicting observed behaviours of the physical and even the biological and social worlds. Sixty-five years later\, those worlds are beset by even worse problems that are unprecedented in kind or in scale and global reach. Global climate warming\, wildfires\, the despairing\, seemingly endless\, cycles of regional wars that humanity seems locked into\, the rise of the far right and authoritarianism\, pandemics\, the intractable biases of tech\, microplastics pollution…\n\nLocation:ANU\, Canberra
URL:https://mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/event/global-mathematics-histories-and-futures/
CATEGORIES:Australian Mathematics Calendar
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