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The IAS has the world's second largest collection of epigraphic squeezes, and a project is under way to digitize them. But what is an epigraphic squeeze? What's more, how does one digitize a squeeze? And why does any of this matter? In this talk...

The first FDA-approved gene therapy, Kymriah, was released to the public in August 2017 with a $475,000 price tag. With the emergence of personalized genetic medicine, we are entering a new era of profound inequality. This talk explores the stories...

Geometric measure theory is a branch of mathematics that, loosely said, focuses on studying geometric properties of objects, such as size and shape. In this talk, Silvia Ghinassi will discuss: How do we measure size? How do we know when an object is...

Take a deep dive into the history of Gödel's theorem with Juliette Kennedy, a frequent IAS Visitor in the School of Historical Studies and a faculty member at the University of Helsinki, where she explores her interest in mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics. She has published extensively on the works of Kurt Gödel, whose incompleteness theorem is explored in this lecture.

The Story of Trigonometry: Revolutions in the Heavens, and on Earth