Bennington P. Gill

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

WNYC announcer introduces Gill of the Department of Mathematics at City College, who talks about mathematics in the war.

Gill starts by talking about Archimedes to illustrate the conception of the usefulness of mathematics in the war. Goes through many fields of mathematics to illustrate its usefulness in war. Three specific problems mathematics can solve: where am I? (cartography and geometry), how can I hit the enemy?, how can I get there? A mathematics and science school in Brooklyn.

WNYC announcer concludes program.


Audio courtesy of the City University of New York


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