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L , - £3 ' t ' Hackinga leading Canadian scholar m the h's‘ I you want to find a little more about the A ’-- ' ‘ - ’ *A V 5 ”I? A a? tory and philosophy ,0, sc1ence and mathematics. I I I 4ryear~old just tune intoYl‘V Oct. 3 for l i *3). ; fig; .- -, “f“ Will present _Waterloos annual Hagey Lecture, em}. I [he season dew" of a show called In at i s -’ 9;: g '3,” r~ " tied How Did Mathematics Become Possmle? His Realli'fe. . V r _.- t - it; . g > ' work, influencing fields as diverse as statistical The Canadian reality game shoW I 9 - . I l “3:; ‘ .. ..‘ inference and the emergence ofmultiplepersonal- ‘ hits It) contestants aged If! to 14 8‘ ‘ * O , I ‘s. ‘ ~ ‘ x I '. "y disorder. has earned many awards. .mdUdmg against each other and puts them in ‘ ‘ . ,1, » “ a“, _ ' i .. (h? inaugural l.(1llam PM? for Humanities. (3393' : maul“) situations. The premise is that ‘â€" if i x, .. - , - a}, .t’. ., , 2;," das mostdistingutshed award for outstanding I contestants discover whether they have M u I, a 1’ ‘ ‘ v, .2 ."f career achievements. _ _ _ 1 the skills, strength and stamina it I ‘ .’ - _mw'- ~w Tfl an ‘3 fi '- Thegoalofthe HageyLectureSeneustotntro- . , . . ‘ - _ , _ ‘* * “m5 " v‘r ' .- ‘ ”PIâ€"V ' duce thought-provoking work to the Waterloo ‘ “mild takt to make it in these real I â€"~ . g ~<31 it s.“ It, « fi . ,. . . . I “mm situations. ‘ 4%....“5; g. . -... r .‘_‘ ‘ ' .7 ‘3. ' :52. at community, said professor lohn Mielke, chair of I The reality is that viewers get a . ‘ "‘ 47-7 '-’_; a. the Hagey Lecture committee. We are veryexcited I glimpse of the character and flu, menv , a "a; J 1 a; to welcome professor Ian Hacking t'o‘deliver the I lill makeup ofthe contestants. ' . ~ £7va ‘i” i ”I: 20” Hagey Lecture. Dr. Haclungs V15“, “All allow ‘ 1 Tug didn‘t set out to be a reality . r: L- ”and were our community to_be engaged by an indindual 3 show star. The Calgary native was a fan Contestants for the TV reality show In Real Life, including Waterloo’s Zach Tng “Ssh? [Ride “$2?” contributions to several : 0f ”10 Show and the Way it challenged compete in a challenge on the program debuting Oct. 3. smurmnmoro e 0 p ”BOP '0 ”q“??- ; l the contestants to get out of their com- The. Hagey Lecture “"11 be held Monday at 1 I fort lone. So he thought he'd like to try don’t know why the chose me." find out what could happen if we were 8 pm. m the humanities Theatre. I” C" ”fig” Hall ; ll But he thinks his athletic ability was actually in those jobs.” said Tug. of (h? Humanities. Admission '5 free. No tickets are I g “I was a fan of the last season. I saw one area they liked. He was named an "The one thing we all take away required. , , , ‘ i on IV one day a banner on the bottom athlete of the year at his former school. from it is that you can’t second guess I" 111,5 talk, Hacking wtll eitplore the Journey that ‘ ' of the screen asking if you wanted to he Tom Baines Ir. high school, and he has yourself. Follow your instinct and that's humanity has taken during “5 development mto a ‘ on the show and I thought “my not give a way of being quick on his feet. the best you can do." Sparta that observes the ‘natural world through a it a try." said 'l‘ng. ”Physical ability helps a little bit. but The Grade 9 student at Sir John A. mathematical lens. He m“ examine how human “I like the fact that it tests everything you also have to know how to apply it Macdonald high school hopes his fel- beings became “PIC to do mathematics. , _ about a person. You kind of need a bit doing the challenges," said Trig. “You low classmates tune in and cheer him Hacking. 75' '5 an academic and [mum philoso~ of everything to do the challenges." have to know how to find your time. on. pher. ”'5 work has sought to break down the Had" He sent in a video of himself and then you have to play the game “l think they'll think it pretty cool tional boundaries between the sctences and the answering some questions, and well." and exciting," said Trig. “It's definitely humanities. , . , jumped through a few more hoops He can't talk much about the actual an experience of a lifetime, and the On 0C" 4 Hackingvytll address an ans-onented until he got a face-to-face interview game-playing experience. A confiden- most memorable thing I've done in my student colloquium "uh a talk entitled Numbers I ' with the producers. He must have tiality agreement limits him from say- life.” and Race. Dont A“ For the Reference. A“ For the made a good impression because he ing how he did on the show and where The show starts Monday at 7 pm. Use. _ , I . “ was one of 18 contestants selected to he eventually finished. on Yl'V. and he's hoping for a big local It be?“ at 1 pm. m l‘ '6' Hagey Hall 0', the i start the third season of the show that But he said the first episode is about audience. Humanities. Room 334' M 3,30.p.m,, he m" We a I eventually weeds down the field to a life in the Canadian Armed Forces. and “I'm really excited about the pre- mathematics-oriented ",‘lk' entitled The 209' cen- ’ winner. the contestants really got to test them- miere,‘ said Tng. tury magmas. Why Did PAM. Dirac (hnpctgre “I‘m not sure what they liked about selves in a real-life situation as the “I'm trying to get people excited Th“ the UDIVCISE IS aVSItlgle Very large Integer. It I me." said Tng. “They chose everyone show's title suggests. about it and get as many fans and takes place '“ Math building. 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