THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
invites you to a talk by Manil Suri on“How to Build the Universe Using Only Maths”
on Tuesday, 24th January 2023 at 5.00 pm
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai takes pleasure in inviting you to a talk by author Manil Suri on his latest book “The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Maths” on Tuesday 24th January at 5 pm in the Durbar Hall of the Society. Dr. Manil Suri is a distinguished Professor in Mathematics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA.
This talk is specially designed for non-mathematicians, and will reveal connections that mathematics has with the everyday which many may not have thought of before!
Picture yourself at a starting point before anything exists - no matter, no cosmos, not even empty space. Your task is to create the universe, but all you have to work with is, quite literally, ‘nothing’. How do you proceed? Traditionally, you might expect physics or religion to try and answer this question, but what if you turn to mathematics instead? The resulting thought experiment gives an insightful new way of looking at mathematics - one in which you build the numbers out of nothing, and then, through a playful progression of mathematical creation, are able to arguably design everything else in the universe!
Manil Suri, a distinguished Professor in Mathematics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland, is the author of three best-selling novels - The Death of Vishnu, The Age of Shiva and The City of Devi, which have been cumulatively translated into 27 languages. His co-authored play, 'The Mathematics of Being Human', has been performed at multiple venues, including the American Centre, New Delhi. He is a former ‘Contributing Opinion Columnist', New York Times, for which he has written several essays on India as also on mathematics. His new book, The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Maths, will be available for purchase and signing after the talk.
Do join us for tea at 4.30 p.m.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande,Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Meenal Kshirsagar , Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - ASM Lit Club
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
invites you to a talk by Supriya Nair on A “Luminous New Leaf”: Poetry and Modern life in Bombay on Tuesday, 3rd January 2023 at 5.00 pm
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai takes pleasure in inviting you to a talk on A “Luminous New Leaf”: Poetry and Modern Life in Bombay by the well-known journalist Supriya Nair, on Tuesday, 3rd January 2023 at 5 p.m. in the Durbar Hall of the Society.
Indian writing in English has a long history but one of its formal and emotional pinnacles was only reached less than a generation after Independence, with the poetry that began to beproduced by writers living and working in India. Rooted in Indian life, open to the world, the ambitious, profound and thoroughly modern work of some poets is an unusual and revealing emotional history about these poets and their time and place. Their words reveal how we ourselves were shaped by our cities, societies and our brand-new nation in an ever-changing world.
Supriya Nair is a senior journalist and editor based in Mumbai. She is co-founder of the digital publication Fifty-Two and the media company All Things Small. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Vogue and Wisden.
The lecture is an introduction to that history. Please join us for this fascinating presentation of an era that has not often been explored.
Tea will be served at 4.30 pm
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - ASM LitClub
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary, Asiatic Society of Mumbai
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai will have a Conversation around book theft on Monday 8th August 2022 at 4.30 p.m. in the Durbar Hall of the Society. This conversation had to be postponed due to heavy rains on 21st June.
All are welcome to join.
- Meenal Kshirsagar , Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - ASM LitClub
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Officiating Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai