Held in conjunction with the exhibition “Before the Alphabet,” renowned mathematician Piergiorgio Odifreddi presents his lecture, “Numbers in Clay, Numbers in Silicon: An Extraordinary Story,” recounting the fascinating journey of numbers and calculation across the millennia—from the systems developed along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates to the modern age.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at 5:00 PM
Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti – Sala del Portego, Palazzo Franchetti
