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… Professor of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His research uses mathematics to examine a wide variety of problems … -
… Jersey, for the fall quarter of 1968, and at a colloquium dinner he described his ideas to a colleague, Larry Siebenmann. Siebenmann asked him one question after … -
… Polchinski’s contributions to theoretical physics include a modern formulation of renormalization theory and some of the original work on the string landscape. He is best known … -
… greatly strengthen an already powerful program,” says Andrew (Andy) Klingenstein, president of the Klingenstein Fund. As before, the Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship will support highly promising people at … -
… says. The result was “the single best piece of mathematics that I was aware of,” Kirby says. “Bar none.” If Freedman hadn’t seen how to work … -
… and make results more easily reproducible.” -
… through interactive exhibits. And for the mathematically-challenged patron, whose view of mathematics may have been shaped by negative experiences in school, for example, math topics are … -
… have young scientists working alongside top people in these fields,” Sinclair says, “and we hope those interactions will persist beyond these semester-long programs.” As for the … -
November 6, 2013, 4:30-6:30 p.m. EST Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium at the Simons Foundation 160 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY In this lecture, Amanda … -
September 26, 2013, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Eastern Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium at the Simons Foundation 160 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Clinical psychologist Catherine Lord … -
… explores the marriage of genetics and environment that everybody talks about, but we don’t yet have a tool to analyze,” says Gerald D. Fischbach, chief scientist … -
The newly-opened National Museum of Mathematics strives to enhance public understanding and perception of mathematics. Its exhibits and programs stimulate inquiry, spark curiosity and plumb the mysteries …
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… is contagious.” By offering these talented educators stipends in addition to their salaries and membership in a dynamic professional community, MƒA creates a robust and committed population … -
… convenience. Mike Shelley, Ph.D. Mike Shelley, New York University The interaction of a flowing fluid with immersed bodies — which may be compliant or active — defines a … -
The art exhibition at the annual Bridges Conference showcases a wide range of artworks inspired by mathematical thinking. -
September 26, 2013, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Eastern Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium at the Simons Foundation 160 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Clinical psychologist Catherine Lord …
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November 6, 2013, 4:30-6:30 p.m. EST Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium at the Simons Foundation 160 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY In this lecture, Amanda …
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October 23, 2013, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Eastern Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium at the Simons Foundation 160 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Orrin Devinsky discusses autism … -
… second, the membranes of hair cells are replete with proteins that contract in response to electrical stimuli, thus enabling the cells to act like tiny muscles. The … -
Today, we’re announcing a new request for applications. Letters of intent, the short statements that precede full applications, are due no later than 11 October. It seems … -
… M.D. and Ph.D. in computer science from Yale University and has been on the faculty of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York … -
Musical chords naturally inhabit certain topological spaces, which show the possible paths that a composer can use to move between chords. -
… sometimes if you had a perspective or an idea on how to attack a problem that some of the other researchers didn’t, it led to a … -
… he said. “One of our objectives will be to be able to advise African Ph.D. students in African universities.” -
… and Albany Prize in Medicine (with Shinya Yamanaka and James Thompson), and in 2012 received the March of Dimes Prize (with Howard Green). This year, she has … -
Because of their aesthetic appeal, organic feel and easily understood structure, Goldberg polyhedra have a surprising number of applications ranging from golf-ball dimple patterns to nuclear-particle … -
… competence. Occasionally, however, they act as autoantibodies, which bind to a person’s own tissue, triggering autoimmune disease. In adults, the blood-brain barrier protects the brain … -
… activity and Carlson, an internationally renowned geneticist, is eminently suited to lead this expansion. Carlson holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and has been on faculty … -
… and corresponding biospecimens from nearly 3,000 autism simplex families, and SFARI.org, a pivotal resource in accelerating the creation of the growing community of scientists working … -
… are important in string theory and particle physics. In this talk, I’ll describe some basic aspects of this concept, starting with simple physical problems and illustrating … -
The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce that Louis F. Reichardt of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) will become the next director of the Simons Foundation … -
… skills. The recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1985, he is a fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy … -
… 1953, exactly three years after completing his lackluster Ph.D, Jim boarded a BOAC Constellation bound for New York, to tell the world about the structural basis … -
Juggling has advanced enormously in recent decades, since mathematicians began systematically investigating the possible patterns of non-colliding throws. As part of this research, many new possibilities have … -
Earth’s climate trajectory over the next few decades will be influenced both by human-induced climate change and by internally generated variability in the climate system. This … -
The mighty water molecule, with its voracious appetite for infrared radiation, is responsible for much of what we know about climate and climate change, and even more of … -
A nice mathematical puzzle, with a solution anyone can understand, is to determine the direction a bicycle went when you come upon its tracks. The answer involves thinking … -
… response of the climate system to global warming. -
For individuals with autism, a trip to the clinic — an unfamiliar place with strange people and instruments — can be exceedingly stressful. And as many genetic databases for autism … -
… Okounkov is the Samuel Eilenberg Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University. Born and educated in Moscow, he came to the U.S. in 1995 and held positions … -
… extraordinarily prolific Hungarian-Jewish mathematician who published more than 1,500 papers before his death in 1996. Believing that the meaning of life is to “prove and … -
Science Lives is a series of extended interviews with some of the giants of 20th-century mathematics and science. The above short film was created by the filmmaker … -
It is an unexplained fact that objects with icosahedral symmetry occur in nature only at microscopic scales. Examples include quasicrystals, many viruses, the carbon-60 molecule, and some … -
Some 90 tropical cyclones develop each year. In this lecture, Professor Kerry Emanuel will review the theory of tropical cyclones and how it informs observed variability. He will … -
Video interviews conducted on July 26, 2005, with John McCarthy, the award-winning computer scientist famous for his contributions to artificial intelligence. -
A number of autism risk factors converge on one cellular pathway: abnormal remodeling of the cell’s structural systems through the signaling protein Rho, says SFARI’s associate …
