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Feb 28=X and the City by John Adam

<p> <strong><em>X and the City: Modeling Aspects of Urban Life </em></strong>by John A. Adam</p> <p> Thursday, February 28, 2013 from 12:30 - 1:30 pm&nbsp; live from ODU Virginia Beach Lecture Hall, Room 244.</p> <p> Talk&nbsp;also televised to:<br /> <a href="http://ww2.odu.edu/dl/peninsula/">ODU - Peninsula Center</a>&nbsp;in Hampton</p> <p> <a href="http://ww2.odu.edu/ao/tricities/">ODU - Tri-Cities Center</a>&nbsp;in Portsmouth</p> <p> This event is Free and Open to the Public</p> <p> Book sales provided by the University Village Bookstore. Book signing and reception to follow at the Virginia Beach location.</p> <p> &ldquo;Adam is the author of <em>A Mathematical Nature Walk </em>and <em>Mathematics in Nature</em>, and coauthor of <em>Guesstimation: Solving the World&rsquo;s Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin</em>.</p> <p> Filled with interesting and unusual observations about how cities work, <strong><em>X and the City</em></strong> shows how mathematics undergirds and plays an important part in the metropolitan landscape.&rdquo; &nbsp;~ Princeton University Press</p> <p> Visit the author&#39;s webpage at <a href="http://www.odu.edu/~jadam">www.odu.edu/~jadam</a></p>
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Posted By: Linda Caulkins
Date: Wed Feb 20 13:48:30 EST 2013

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