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MSRI/BCC host Pixar's Tony DeRose's lecture on "Math in the Movies,"

•  MSRI/BCC host Pixar’s
Tony DeRose’s lecture on “Math in the Movies,”



    7 p.m., Wed., Sept. 11
at Berkeley City College’s Auditorium



   (2050 Center St. between
Shattuck Ave. & Milvia St.)

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Dr. Tony
DeRose, senior scientist and research group leader at Emeryville’s Pixar
Animation Studios, will illustrate the extraordinary contribution of
mathematics to animated films.  Math and
science underlie the stunning visuals that are essential to storytelling in
Pixar’s award-winning movies.  Using
numerous clips from such productions as Finding Nemo, Ratatouille, The Incredibles,
Monsters, Inc. and Brave, DeRose will demonstrate how computer technology,
physics, geometry, and applied math make possible special effects. 

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DeRose’s
lecture is free and open to the public.



 



All remaining MSRI-BCC lectures will take place at 7
p.m., Wednesdays in BCC’s auditorium, 2050 Center St. between Shattuck Ave. and
Milvia St., on Oct. 9, Nov. 6, Feb. 12, Mar. 12, and Apr. 9.   For details about lecturers and the series,
please visit www.msri.org/events/nott.



The “Not on the Test: The Pleasures and Uses of
Mathematics” series of lectures is sponsored by the Simons Foundation
(www.simonsfoundation.org) and co-presented by the Mathematical Sciences
Research Institute and Berkeley City College.  

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