Dr. Edward Burger - Public Lecture
Dr. Edward Burger
Dr. Edward Burger is President and CEO of the St. David's Foundation, and President Emeritus of Southwestern University as well as Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and a leader on thinking, innovation, and creativity. Previously he was the Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Mathematics at Williams College. He has delivered over 700 addresses worldwide at venues including Berkeley, Harvard, Princeton, and Johns Hopkins as well as at the Smithsonian Institution, Microsoft Corporation, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the New York Public Library, and the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of over 70 research articles, books, and video series (starring in over 8,000 on-line videos), including the book The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking, published by Princeton University Press and translated into over a dozen languages worldwide. His latest book, Making Up Your Mind: Thinking Effectively Through Creative Puzzle-Solving, also published by Princeton University Press, was on several of Amazon's Hot New Releases lists.
In 2006, Reader’s Digest listed Burger in their annual “100 Best of America” as America’s Best Math Teacher. In 2010 he was named the winner of the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. The Huffington Post named him one of their Game Changers" and Microsoft Worldwide Education selected him as one of their “Global Heroes in Education.” In 2013, Burger was inducted as an inaugural Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. His program, Higher ED, produced by NPR's Austin affiliate KUT is available at kut.org/topic/higher-ed/ and on iTunes.
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COLOQUIUM LECTURE:
Paper folding for the Origamically Challenged: Uncovering beauty and structure through effective thinking
Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 2:30 pm - Sid Richardson Building SDRICH 344
Abstract: Do you need the artful dexterity required to create an aesthetic origami swan or dinosaur in order to appreciate the beauty hidden within the folds of a piece of paper? Thank goodness, that answer is NO. All that is required is the ability to explore our world in an open-minded way that invites us to discover pattern and structure.
Here, in just six brief Acts and one Intermission we, together, will not only uncover beauty but also discover the secret richness all within the folds of your own folded sheet of paper. No advanced origami or mathematical background is required. Paper for folding will be provided. This talk is open to all — if you hate math, this talk is for you; if you never thought you'd ever go to a math lecture, this talk is for you!