Writing About Difficult Subjects
A Conversation With a Psychoanalyst and a Mathematician
Event Details
Date
Friday, September 28, 2012
Time
11:30 a.m.
Location
Hillel Foundation, 611 Langdon St.
Description
Join psychoanalyst Adam Phillips and mathematician Jordan Ellenberg for a discussion about the challenges and pleasures of writing about complex concepts -- whether the impassivity of poetics, the perplexities of individual motivation and behavior, or the complexities of pure mathematics. Both thinkers write extensively in the public press about such topics and more, offering unique insight on communicating to and charming audiences beyond academia.
Cost
Free
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