Rydell LectureOctober 30, 2002 at 7:30–8:30 p.m.

Professor Stephen Smale of the University of California at Berkeley will be presenting a lecture entitled "Creativity and its Obstructions." This talk will describe how new ideas are repressed by the leaders of science and the arts. How does one deal with this phenomenon? Professor Smale, a mathematician, is the 2002 Rydell Professor. His many honors include a Fields Medal awarded in 1966 and the National Medal of Science awarded in 1996.