Wanderings with Lady M.: A Happy Threesome
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Wanderings with Lady M.: A Happy Threesome
by Adelheid Thieme
July 1972: First encounter at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, Germany
Invitation to become a member of a threesome:
Horst
Mathematica (“Meine Verlobte, die Mathematik”)
The wife
1976: Doctoral Graduation:
First meeting with Mathematica (Lady M.)
Closing the deal:
Wedding on July 2, 1976
Horst’s balancing act:
Between Lady M. and the wife
1978: Moving with Lady M. to Heidelberg
Center for Stochastical Mathematical Models in the Natural Sciences(Collaboration with group around Willi Jäger)
1982: Accommodating Lady M., the wife, and daughterRuth
1983: Habilitation
1984: Center for Mathematics and Computer Sciences in Amsterdam
(Collaboration with Odo Diekman)
March 1985: A growing family: daughter Clara
July 1985: Back to Heidelberg (Heisenberg Scholar at the Center for Stochastical Mathematical Models in the Natural Sciences)
1987: Visiting Professor at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California
(Collaboration with Stavros Busenberg and Ken Cooke)
March 1988: Fight between Lady M. and the wife
The promise
August 1988: Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona
1988-present:
Research
Teaching
1989: Lady M. rebuilding relationship with the wife
Arizona State University, English Department, Writing Programs:
Business Writing,Creative Non-fiction,Writing Arguments
2004: Hamamatsu, Japan
2005, Miami, Florida
2006: China:
Xi’an
Changchun
Beijing
2007: Poitiers, France
2008: Luminy (Marseille), France
Le Havre, France
December 8 -10, 2008:Conference at Purdue University
Thank you to
Zhilan Feng
Tim Lant
All participants