That but we dont know yet . Guest to give an example thats been in news lately we have known for thousands of years that there are many prime numbers like two, five, seven, 13 who. They are almost next to each other. We dont know whether they go on and on forever and we steadily get closer and closer. Host what does it matter if we know what prime numbers are not our . Guest that is a great question. Heres what he know about math it seems to describe the basic structure of the way things are. Examples always bring massive advanced knowledge that we are constantly using things that were developed purely for the sake of understanding not in the idea of practical application. Host where did you come up with the title . Guest i had the title before i knew what the book was going to be about. Host it was about how to hide and the reason for that title is because i want people to think about mathematics not as a kind of sterile theory of exercise to be quite honest that is their interaction
Hes not majoring in urban studies and he had an assignment he had to give an economic or via the rich neighborhood so he goes and a Police Cruiser drives by and i told this story and in the book the Police Cruiser drives by the secret uturn, plus on the sidewalk, jumps out the hits and with a flashlight, looks up and says who are you and why are you here. He says im a student and im doing an assignment. The Police Officer says the park closes at 9 30 and he says that its only 7 30. He comes up with his hand on his weapon and says the park closes at nine. He says we dont want any trouble and they walk away. The other is flint michigan. There is a Community Devastated as you know by the loss of manufacturing Automobile Industry now dealing in the fact that theyve been poisoned because of bad water. What does that mean is somebody made that decision not upgrading the pipes and has is a post from going to detroit. So from policing to who has access to the opportunity you know the social sc
Obama presidency so please help me welcome catherine. [applause] im going to move this so that we can see one another. So heres the book. Very exciting. [applause] thank you all for coming. Its wonderful to have you come out and honor this work and thinking about marriage in a complicated way. I know that you do that in your own politics and work and lives so that perspectives on marriage equal to the art always the most popular within the communities so you are my community right now. Thank you. Thank you for cosponsoring this event for gender and sexuality. When i was in college, sodomy was a crime in new york state and many other states but i moved here from illinois to a state that criminalized who i was working cited and twice i was assaulted by police and they hurled epithets at me. Another time i was beaten up by some guys at Riverside Park and the police stood by and watched super people in my generation or any the idea that we would turn to the state regulation as a way to be
Presentation, a brief presentation of the book and its main issues, history by Katherine Franke and Katherine Franke is a professor of law. The director of the center for gender and sexuality law, which is a wonderful institution that we are happy to collaborate with and she is the author of wedlocked the preils of Marriage Equality, nyu press 2015 just recently out. Catherine has been working on marriage, gender justice, transgender justice, issues of gender and grace in the law. She is a legal theorist, academic, activist public intellectual and an amazing human being. I am happy to be celebrating her that afternoon. Our speakers will go in this order with first Patricia Williams who is the james dorr professor of lot condit. She is the author the blonde goddess. You no doubt know her through her monthly column for the nation magazine entitled diary of a mad law professor in which you can subscribe to add ww w mad law professor. Our second speaker will be mignon moore is associate pr
Good afternoon. I am the directors. It is a great pleasure and honor to moderate this panel. And really it is a celebration is a wonderful new book. But we are going to do this afternoon is have some presentations and responses to the book and then open up for question and discussion. And we have assembled a stellar panel of the people who are just the right people to undertake this discussion. They will speak in the order that we have determined, but it will begin with a brief presentation of the books and its main issues in history. She is the director of the center for gender and sexuality off which is wonderful institution that we are happy to collaborate with, and she is the author of wedlock the perils of Marriage Equality. Catherine has been working on marriage, gender justice, transitional justice, issues of gender and race in law, legal theorist, and academic, and activist, a public intellectual an amazing human being. Ibeing. I am just so happy to be celebrating her this afte