http://cptv.vo.llnwd.net/o2/ypmwebcontent/Heather/Where%20We%20Live%2004-09-2013%20X%20and%20the%20City.mp3
We talk a lot about cities and urban planning on Where We Live - the way cities work, fit together, breathe and function.
But when it gets right down to it, I’m viewing the city structure from my “liberal arts” background - not using math to “crunch the numbers” about what makes a city.
John A. Adam is professor of mathematics at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia...and that’s exactly how he looks at things. He is the author of X and the City: Modeling Aspects of Urban Life. His book uses math to explain why all sorts of things work the way they do in a city, like traffic flows and signals, chance encounters, and the spread of light and noise.
He’ll be giving a talk on Thursday, April 11, at 5:00 pm at Fairfield University’s library on campus about his book - it’s part of a yearlong exploration of “Cities” at Fairfield.
