Popular Lectures

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CMI periodically hosts lectures expressing the beauty, power, and universality of mathematical thought — for audiences which may include both mathematicians and non-mathematicians. Many of these lectures can be found in streaming video on this site.

Andrew Wiles, July 13, 2001

• Inspirational Talk, John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
• transcript and video

Edward Witten, July 13, 2001

• Inspirational Talk, John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
• transcript and video

Millennium Prize Problem Lecture Series February 7 - May 2, 2001

University of Texas in Austin

• Luis Caffarelli
• Dan Freed
• Cameron Gordon
• Vijaya Ramachandran
• Fernando Rodriguez-Villegas
• Lorenzo Sadun
• Jeff Vaaler
• lecture videos

Strings 2001, January 10, 2001
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Mumbai, India)

• David Gross
• Edward Witten
• Strings 2001 video

Ian Stewart, November 1, 2000
Harvard University

• "Minesweeper Math"
• lecture description

Timothy Gowers, May 24, 2000
Collège de France

• "The Importance of Mathematics"
• Video

Andrew Wiles, May 10, 1999
Cambridge, Massachusetts

• "The Future of Number Theory"
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• video