A World Paved with Surprises

{"title":"A World Paved with Surprises","description":"\u003Cp\u003EMichelle Bucher (UNIGE) is affiliated with the University of Geneva and researches mathematical tilings and geometric patterns, linking historical craft practices with contemporary mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis lecture examines what a tiling is, tracing their journey from Alhambra mosaics to Escher and twentieth-century breakthroughs such as the impossibility of regular pentagon tilings and Penrose's aperiodic patterns. It explores the interplay of order and disorder and reveals connections between geometry, art and material science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIn French.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","start_date":"2026-02-03","end_date":"2026-02-03","date":"Tuesday 3 February, 18:30","timings":[{"timing_start_date":"20260203T183000Z","timing_end_date":"20260203T200000Z"}]}