Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Die Mathematik des Quintenzirkels
Wenn es um die Beziehungen zwischen Mathematik und Musik geht, kommt unweigerlich die Rede auf die Entdeckung, die den Pythagoräern der Antike zugeschrieben wird: dass nämlich zwei gleichartige, gleich gespannte Saiten dann besonders angenehm („harmonisch“) …
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Maths to get you through the coronavirus crisis
During this global pandemic, mathematicians and statisticians are providing a vital service in the form of mathematical modelling, in a worldwide effort to try to understand and fight the disease. But you may find mathematics …
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How Data Science Can Help Us Understand (and Fight) Wildfires
The 2019-2020 Australian wildfires burned an estimated 186,000 square kilometers (72,000 square miles), ravaging the country and killing up to 1 billion animals. In California, the 2019 wildfire season ravaged over 1,000 square kilometers, often …
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Aldo Spizzichino exhibition at the HLF 2017
Parallel to the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation organizes an exhibition related to mathematics or computer science, as part of the accompanying program of the HLF. In 2019 it was the mathematics …