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This event is in the past.It took place on March 5, 2026 at Encina Commons.
Educational TalkEducational TalkPolygons and Polyphony: Traditions of Arabic Geometry in the Post-Classical Islamicate World
At Encina Commons
Stanford
This isn't your average lunch lecture. Julia Tomasson makes a bold case that the so-called "decline" period of Islamic science was actually a vibrant era of mathematical innovation, with geometry manuscripts that broke from Greek tradition to forge something distinctly new.
Academic lecture
Islamic history
Mathematical history
Lunchtime talk
Tips
🧮bring curiosity, not a math background
🍽️brown bag lunch event, 90 minutes
🎓great for history of science folks
Polygons and Polyphony: Traditions of Arabic Geometry in the Post-Classical Islamicate World
At Encina Commons
Stanford
Educational TalkEducational TalkThis isn't your average lunch lecture. Julia Tomasson makes a bold case that the so-called "decline" period of Islamic science was actually a vibrant era of mathematical innovation, with geometry manuscripts that broke from Greek tradition to forge something distinctly new.
Academic lecture
Islamic history
Mathematical history
Lunchtime talk
Tips
🧮bring curiosity, not a math background
🍽️brown bag lunch event, 90 minutes
🎓great for history of science folks
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