Robin Abrahams will speak about storytelling and leadership. Ms. Abrahams writes the popular “Miss Conduct” social advice column for the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, and is the author of the book Miss Conduct’s Mind Over Manners, a Guide to Social Life in 21^st Century America.  She works as a researcher at Harvard Business School and has co-authored articles in the Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, and the Wall Street Journal.  A Cambridge resident with a PhD. In research psychology from Boston University, Robin’s previous jobs include theater publicist, organizational-change communications manager, editor, stand-up comedian, and professor of psychology and writing.  Robin is married to Marc Abrahams, publisher of the Annals of Improbable Research and creator of the IG Nobel Prizes, which are awarded annually for achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.  RobinAbrahams.com

Dr. Andrew Sutherland received an S.B. in mathematics from MIT in 1990. Following a successful career as an entrepreneur in the software industry, he returned to MIT, completing his Ph.D. in mathematics in 2007 under the supervision of Michael Sipser and Ronald Rivest. He was awarded the George M. Sprowles Prize for his thesis.

After joining the MIT Department of Mathematics as a research scientist in 2009, Sutherland was promoted to principal research scientist in 2012. His research focuses on computational number theory and he was recently awarded the Selfridge Prize for his work in this area.

We are honored to have Dr. Sutherland speaking with audiences about his work and reaction to A Disappearing Number at this special one-night post-show event!

Dr. Sutherland’s Personal Website is math.mit.edu/~drew

Imagine the contrast between the daily life of Ramanujan in rural India and Hardy’s life at Trinity College. What happened when high science met high intuition in the creative dynamics between two of the most brilliant pure mathematicians in history?

Priyamvada Natarajan’s research in theoretical astrophysics is focused on exotica in the universe – dark matter, dark energy and black holes. She is known for her contributions to mapping dark matter in clusters of galaxies and for developing theoretical models to describe the formation, assembly and growth history of black holes in the universe. An MIT undergraduate, she did her PhD from Cambridge, where she was the first woman to be elected a fellow in Astrophysics at Trinity College. She has a strong interest in the history and philosophy of science and holds as Masters degree from MIT STS. Recipient of many awards and honors, she is also deeply invested in the public dissemination of science and is currently working on her first book.

Dr. Priyamvada Natarajan’s website is astro.yale.edu/priya

Congratulate the cast and creative team at an reception after the performance.

Robert Kaplan has taught mathematics to people from four to eighty, most recently at Harvard. In 1994, with his wife Ellen, he founded The Math Circle, a program, open to the public, for the enjoyment of pure mathematics. It is spreading across the country and abroad (the Kaplans have this year opened a thousand Math Circles in Brazil). He has written books about the Pythagorean Theorem, the infinite, and nothing. He has also taught Philosophy, Greek, German, Sanskrit and Inspired Guessing, and is the American correspondent for All Out Cricket.

After the performance, Robert Kaplan will speak a bit about a major theme in A Disappearing Number  – Infinity – and then engage in conversation with our audience about the play.

Dr. Kaplan’s website is TheMathCircle.org