Professor Johnny W. Lott
Department of Mathematical Sciences
The University of Montana
Mathematics in Airport Literature
Mathematics is found in leisure reading whether you read comic strips,
romance novels, science fiction, or detective/spy novels. What mathematics
is used and how that mathematics is used is a reflection of the current
culture and helps to define student and adult attitudes in today’s world.
The view of mathematics in popular literature is not necessarily the view
of the mathematician. Do we need to try and bridge the gap, or do we view
this bit of ethnography as unimportant? Just because they all speak the
same language, are mathematicians and non-mathematicians able to discuss
mathematical topics with understanding?
Thursday, 21 September 2000
4:10 p.m. in Math 109
Coffee/treats at 3:30 p.m. Math 104 (Lounge)
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