Dr. Sloan Despeaux Professor, Western Carolina University
Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018
3-4 p.m.
103A Walker Hall
This talk is free and open to the public
De Morgan's often-quoted and highly entertaining work, "A Budget of Paradoxes," was a natural outgrowth of his anonymous book reviews for the weekly London-based literary magazine, The Athenaeum. This talk will give a sample some of the Budget's most enjoyable excerpts, discuss De Morgan's motivations for writing them and consider why the work enjoyed such wide-ranging appeal.
Sponsored by the Department of Mathematical Sciences.
Please contact Quinn Morris morrisqa@appstate.edu or Travis Weiland weilandtj@appstate.edu or visit our department colloquium website https://mathsci.appstate.edu/activities-outreach/department-colloquia to view more information and see other upcoming events.
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Sloan E. Despeaux Mathematics and Computer Science Department Professor, WCU
Sloan E. Despeaux Mathematics and Computer Science Department Professor, WCU