U.S. Premier Screening of the film
Achieving the
Unachievable
with the film's writer/director
Jean
Bergeron
Thursday, November 1, 2007
7:00 pm, Willey Hall 125 Map
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Gallery Postcard: pdf
M.C. Escher is among the most mathematical of artists. In 1956
he
challenged the laws of perspective with his graphic Print
Gallery,
and found himself trapped by an impossible barrier. His
uncompleted
master-piece quickly became the most puzzling enigma of modern
art,
for both artists and scientists. Half a century later,
mathematician
Hendrik Lenstra took everyone by surprise by drawing a
fantastic
bridge between the intuition of the artist and his own, and
completed
Escher's work mathematically. This story is presented in the
52 minute
film Achieving the Unachievable by documentary filmmaker
Jean Bergeron.
After the screening, the film's U.S. premier, Bergeron will be
available
to answer questions.
The showing is free and open to the public.
Math Matters lectures feature distinguished
mathematicians and
scientists who are also superb expositors able to illuminate
the role mathematics is playing in understanding our world and
shaping our lives. The lectures are aimed at a broad audience.
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