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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES |
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October 3, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Frederick Helson unveils "Intuition" |
Frederick Helson and Ronnie Brown |
"Intuition", a sculpture by John Robinson, was placed in the front garden of the Fields Institute in recognition of Professor Coxeter's birthday (Donated by Damon de Laszlo and Robert A. Hefner III, supported by John Chadam, Frederick Helson and James Stewart) |
Frederick Helson, John Chaddam, Ronnie Brown, Don Coxeter |
Professor HSM (Don) Coxeter and Mrs. Coxeter |
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Mrs. Coxeter, Prof. Coxeter, and John Chaddam |
Professor Coxeter reads Intuition sculpture plaque |
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Ronnie Brown of the School of Mathematics, University of Wales, Bangor, gave a public lecture called "The Symbolic Sculptures of John Robinson: Geometry, Values, Forms and Structures" | ||
Profs Coxeter and Duff |
Professor Coxeter gave a
public lecture called "Three Geometric Artists: John Robinson, George Odom and M.C. Escher" |
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John Robinson's sculpture FIRMAMENT was given to Professor Coxeter as a birthday present from Robinson by Ronnie Brown at the Fields Institute. The top sphere comes apart into two halves and now contains Donald's letter to John describing the mathematics of the sculpture. The sculpture was later donated by Professor Coxeter to York University. |