Invitation to "Ramanujan" video by Guido Corsi School with the participation of ICTP scientists on 9 March in Budinich LH.

[Infopoint]

_To ICTP Scientists, Staff and visitors:
_

Once again, the ICTP is happy to host an event by pupils from the 
Trieste Secondary School "G. Corsi" in the form of a video production 
with the participation of ICTP scientists: Atish Dabohlkar, Najmeh 
Faroozani, Obinna Kennedy Idu, Muhammad Nawaz Qaisrani, Fernando 
Villegas and Don Zagier.

After presenting the intriguing personalities of Nikola Tesla, Hypatia 
and last year's "R.U.R. Rossum’s Universal Robots" in the form of plays, 
this year the Guido Corsi pupils have prepared a video, "Ramanujan" 
(Sreenivasa Ramanujan, 1887 – 1920), the Indianmathematician and 
autodidact who lived under the British Raj. You may have seen the recent 
film "The man who knew infinity" that tells his story.

The school's video production is inspired by the life of Ramanujan and 
reinterprets some aspects of his life, especially during the early 
years. Questions such as how inspiring was the story of Ramanujan's 
life, or what lessons could one draw from his experience, what is 
"creativity", where is it to be found, where does an idea come from, how 
does one recognize a genius, is school necessary, and so on ...  are 
just some of the questions students have raised during their interviews 
with the ICTP scientists.

*T**he video "Ramanujan" will be screened on Thursday 9 March 2017 in 
the Budinich Lecture Hall, Leonardo Building, ICTP at 11:00 hrs and at 
17:30 hrs (in Italian with English subtitles).*

You are all most welcome to attend any of the two shows!

Info Point
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