The American Mathematical Society is pleased to inaugurate a series of
public lectures entitled The AMS Einstein Public Lecture in Mathematics
"in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's annus mirabilis"
to be given annually at one of its eight sectional meetings. The Department
of Mathematics at UNL is honored that the AMS has chosen the Lincoln meeting
for its first public lecture and that Abel prizewinner Sir Michael Atiyah,
University of Edinburgh, will be the speaker. He will speak on "The Nature
of Space", Friday, October 21, in Kimball Hall at 4:00 p.m.