C.1 Events for the General Public

The International Congress provides a unique opportunity to inform the general public about some of the recent developments and future challenges of mathematics. There will be:

A special lecture by Andrew Wiles (Princeton), on the development of number theory in the last twenty years.
Several lectures for a general, in particular, non-mathematical audience.
The VideoMath Festival, where films of mathematical interest are shown.
The exhibition Hands-on Mathematics, aiming in particular at teachers and high school students.
Small exhibitions related to mathematics, e.g. mathematics and ceramics, sculptures of Klaus Becker.
Mathematics Cartoons - an exhibition of colloquium posters by Karl H. Hofmann, TU Darmstadt.

The lecture by Wiles will be in the Auditorium Maximum at TU Berlin, August 19, 19:30. All other presentations will take place in the evening, August 21-22 and 24-28 at the Urania, a lecture institute of long tradition situated not far from the TU Berlin. (There will be a modest admission fee for some events at the Urania.) The exhibitions will be situated in the Urania and the TU.

The detailed program of the activities in the URANIA is available.

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