Parsons Lecture: The Mathematical Heart of Tome Stoppard
A campus lecture exploring Tom Stoppard’s fascination with probability and math as narrative fuel, starting from the iconic coin flips in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead." Literary analysis meets mathematical ideas about chance, meaning, and human storytelling.
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