8th Annual
Pi Mu Epsilon
Lecture
Zombies & Calculus:
A Survival Guide
Presented by
Colin Adams
Professor of Mathematics
Williams College
If you are reading this, then you have managed to survive the zombie apocalypse so
far. Congratulations! But as the world sinks further into ruin, what additional
strategies can you apply to endure the onslaught? Learn how calculus can help you to
defeat the zombie hordes. The lecture room will be certified as a safe haven for the
duration of the talk.
Colin Adams is a Thomas T. Read
Professor of Mathematics at Williams
College. Dr. Adams is particularly
interested in the mathematical theory of
knots, their applications and their
connections with hyperbolic geometry. He
is the author of "The Knot Book", an
elementary introduction to the
mathematical theory of knots, and coauthor of "How to Ace Calculus: The
Streetwise Guide" - a humorous
supplement to Calculus.
Friday
October 10, 2014
4:00-5:00 p.m.
115 Avery Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Reception: 348 Avery Hall
3:30-4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Department of Mathematics,
the Nebraska Alpha Chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon
and the Nebraska Math Scholars Program
Colin Adams
A recipient of the Deborah and Franklin
Tepper Haimo Distinguished Teaching
Award from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) in 1998,
he was a Polya Lecturer for the MAA for 1998-2000 and a Sigma Xi
Distinguished Lecturer for 2000-2002. In 2012 Colin Adams became
a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
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