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Blown away: what knot to do when sailing

Sir Randolph Bacon III (cousin-in-law to Colin Adams)
Williams College

Thursday, May 15, 2008
007 Kemeny Hall, 4 pm
Tea 3:30 pm, 300 Kemeny Hall

Abstract: Being a tale of adventure on the high seas involving great risk to the tale teller, and how an understanding of the mathematical theory of knots saved his bacon. No nautical or mathematical background assumed!

This talk will be accessible to undergraduates.