[math-fun] Boston Polymath Society
Does anyone know anything about this group? Does it still exist? I may have the name slightly wrong. Jim Propp
Hi Jim, Several years ago, there was a group at Harvard called Philomorphs, open to the public. They were started by a well known (to others) professor of design, but I don’t remember his name. They had been going for several years before I found out about them and began going to all the meetings I could. They met monthly during the academic year, in the Carpenter Center building between Quincy and Prescott streets. They had many very interesting speakers, on all sorts of math, geometry, puzzles, art, science, etc. The professor got old and maybe died. A couple of different guys tried to keep the group going, but it fizzled out, I think in the late 1990s. Maybe this is what you are thinking of? — Mike
On Jun 29, 2016, at 12:53 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anyone know anything about this group?
Does it still exist?
I may have the name slightly wrong.
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I believe the person you are thinking of, that started the Polymorphs, is Arthur Loeb. And yes, he died a few years ago. Stan Isaacs Sent from my iPad
On Jun 29, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Mike Beeler <mikebeeler@verizon.net> wrote:
Hi Jim,
Several years ago, there was a group at Harvard called Philomorphs, open to the public. They were started by a well known (to others) professor of design, but I don’t remember his name. They had been going for several years before I found out about them and began going to all the meetings I could. They met monthly during the academic year, in the Carpenter Center building between Quincy and Prescott streets. They had many very interesting speakers, on all sorts of math, geometry, puzzles, art, science, etc. The professor got old and maybe died. A couple of different guys tried to keep the group going, but it fizzled out, I think in the late 1990s. Maybe this is what you are thinking of?
— Mike
On Jun 29, 2016, at 12:53 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anyone know anything about this group?
Does it still exist?
I may have the name slightly wrong.
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Arthur Loeb, the tutelary spirit behind the Philomorphs and the Design Science conferences, died in 2002. Various people at Harvard and RISD have picked up different pieces of the torch; google for "Design Science", "Philomorphs", and "Arthur Loeb" in various combinations to get more info. On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Mike Beeler <mikebeeler@verizon.net> wrote:
Hi Jim,
Several years ago, there was a group at Harvard called Philomorphs, open to the public. They were started by a well known (to others) professor of design, but I don’t remember his name. They had been going for several years before I found out about them and began going to all the meetings I could. They met monthly during the academic year, in the Carpenter Center building between Quincy and Prescott streets. They had many very interesting speakers, on all sorts of math, geometry, puzzles, art, science, etc. The professor got old and maybe died. A couple of different guys tried to keep the group going, but it fizzled out, I think in the late 1990s. Maybe this is what you are thinking of?
— Mike
On Jun 29, 2016, at 12:53 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anyone know anything about this group?
Does it still exist?
I may have the name slightly wrong.
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Yes, you're all correct; "Philomaths" was what I was trying to think of. Thanks! Jim On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Allan Wechsler <acwacw@gmail.com> wrote:
Arthur Loeb, the tutelary spirit behind the Philomorphs and the Design Science conferences, died in 2002. Various people at Harvard and RISD have picked up different pieces of the torch; google for "Design Science", "Philomorphs", and "Arthur Loeb" in various combinations to get more info.
On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Mike Beeler <mikebeeler@verizon.net> wrote:
Hi Jim,
Several years ago, there was a group at Harvard called Philomorphs, open to the public. They were started by a well known (to others) professor of design, but I don’t remember his name. They had been going for several years before I found out about them and began going to all the meetings I could. They met monthly during the academic year, in the Carpenter Center building between Quincy and Prescott streets. They had many very interesting speakers, on all sorts of math, geometry, puzzles, art, science, etc. The professor got old and maybe died. A couple of different guys tried to keep the group going, but it fizzled out, I think in the late 1990s. Maybe this is what you are thinking of?
— Mike
On Jun 29, 2016, at 12:53 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anyone know anything about this group?
Does it still exist?
I may have the name slightly wrong.
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PhiloMORPHS. On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 2:30 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, you're all correct; "Philomaths" was what I was trying to think of. Thanks!
Jim
On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Allan Wechsler <acwacw@gmail.com> wrote:
Arthur Loeb, the tutelary spirit behind the Philomorphs and the Design Science conferences, died in 2002. Various people at Harvard and RISD have picked up different pieces of the torch; google for "Design Science", "Philomorphs", and "Arthur Loeb" in various combinations to get more info.
On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Mike Beeler <mikebeeler@verizon.net> wrote:
Hi Jim,
Several years ago, there was a group at Harvard called Philomorphs, open to the public. They were started by a well known (to others) professor of design, but I don’t remember his name. They had been going for several years before I found out about them and began going to all the meetings I could. They met monthly during the academic year, in the Carpenter Center building between Quincy and Prescott streets. They had many very interesting speakers, on all sorts of math, geometry, puzzles, art, science, etc. The professor got old and maybe died. A couple of different guys tried to keep the group going, but it fizzled out, I think in the late 1990s. Maybe this is what you are thinking of?
— Mike
On Jun 29, 2016, at 12:53 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anyone know anything about this group?
Does it still exist?
I may have the name slightly wrong.
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Ah, "Philomorphs" sounds even MORE familiar. Thanks. Jim On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Allan Wechsler <acwacw@gmail.com> wrote:
PhiloMORPHS.
On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 2:30 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, you're all correct; "Philomaths" was what I was trying to think of. Thanks!
Jim
On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Allan Wechsler <acwacw@gmail.com> wrote:
Arthur Loeb, the tutelary spirit behind the Philomorphs and the Design Science conferences, died in 2002. Various people at Harvard and RISD have picked up different pieces of the torch; google for "Design Science", "Philomorphs", and "Arthur Loeb" in various combinations to get more info.
On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Mike Beeler <mikebeeler@verizon.net> wrote:
Hi Jim,
Several years ago, there was a group at Harvard called Philomorphs, open to the public. They were started by a well known (to others) professor of design, but I don’t remember his name. They had been going for several years before I found out about them and began going to all the meetings I could. They met monthly during the academic year, in the Carpenter Center building between Quincy and Prescott streets. They had many very interesting speakers, on all sorts of math, geometry, puzzles, art, science, etc. The professor got old and maybe died. A couple of different guys tried to keep the group going, but it fizzled out, I think in the late 1990s. Maybe this is what you are thinking of?
— Mike
On Jun 29, 2016, at 12:53 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anyone know anything about this group?
Does it still exist?
I may have the name slightly wrong.
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