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博古睿讲座17
Berggruen Seminars 17
讲座 | Lecture
基于概率论的应用数学世界观
A Probabilistic World View via Applied Mathematics
对话背景 | Event Background
自牛顿力学作为古典自然哲学出现以来，力学成为人们对客观世界的科学理解之范式，微积分为其语言，而力成了由运动导致的变化的“外因”。数学里的时间连续性在此有极为重要的角色。在这样的语境里什么是随机性一直是一个令人困惑的问题。不到一百年的概率论的兴起及其应用再次挑战数学与真实世界之间的关系之话题，重现自古希腊以降到文艺复兴时期一些重大的科学哲学问题。
Since the emergence of Newtonian mechanics as a classical natural philosophy, mechanics has become the paradigm for a scientific understanding of the objective world, with calculus as its language and forces as the "exogenous" cause of change by motion. The temporal continuum in mathematics plays a very important role here. In this context, what counts as randomness has always been a puzzling question. The rise of probability theory less than a century ago and its applications once again challenged the relationship between mathematics and physical reality, reviving some of the major questions in the philosophy of science from ancient Greece through the Renaissance.
内容主题 | Key Discussion Topics
“真理”是怎么来的？
什么是随机性？
基础数学概念和教育对现代人有哪些束缚？
如何通过应用数学理解生命现象，理解世界？
Where does "truth" come from?
What is randomness?
How have the foundational mathematical concepts and their teaching constrained modern humanity?
How can we understand the phenomenon of life and the world through applied mathematics?
主讲嘉宾 | Speaker
钱纮
美国华盛顿大学西雅图分校应用数学讲座教授
钱纮，美国华盛顿大学西雅图分校应用数学讲座教授。钱教授于北京大学获得天体物理学学士学位，于圣路易斯华盛顿大学获得生物化学博士学位，并曾在俄勒冈大学和加州理工学院从事生物物理化学和数学生物学的博士后研究。他在2010年被选为美国物理学会会士。钱教授的主要研究兴趣是生物系统的数学表示与模型，特别是在概率论和统计物理学方面。他与葛颢合著的《生物学中的随机化学反应系统》（Stochastic Chemical Reaction Systems in Biology）一书，近期由斯普林格出版社出版。
QIAN Hong
Olga Jung Wan Endowed Professor of Applied Mathematics at University of Washington, Seattle
Professor Hong Qian is the Olga Jung Wan Endowed Professor of Applied Mathematics at University of Washington, Seattle. He received his B.A. in Astrophysics from Peking University and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Washington University in St. Louis. He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at University of Oregon and Caltech on biophysical chemistry and mathematical biology. He was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2010. Professor Qian's main research interest is the mathematical representation and modeling of biological systems, especially in terms of probability theory and statistical physics. A book he coauthored with H. Ge, Stochastic Chemical Reaction Systems in Biology, has just been published by Springer.
主持嘉宾 | Moderator
白书农
北京大学生命科学学院教授
2020-2021博古睿学者
白书农，北京大学生命科学学院教授。自从1983年开始接受研究生训练以来对不同植物发育事件的实验研究，引导他对植物发育形成了不同于主流的观点。白书农认为当下需要复兴现代植物学奠基者的观点，即一棵植株不是一个类似于一个动物的个体，而是一个很多“个体”聚生的“聚合体”。他所提出的有关植物发育的“植物形态建成123”理论，将之前提出的“植物发育单位”、“有性生殖周期”、“植物发育程序”等新概念整合成为一个自洽的逻辑体系。为理解植物发育过程的内在动力，白书农还对探讨生命本质问题产生了浓厚的兴趣。他认为，“什么是’活’”才是理解生命的根本问题。与两位数学家合作，他提出了“活”的本质是“结构换能量循环”。
BAI Shunong
Professor, School of Life Sciences at Peking University
2020-2021 Berggruen Fellow
Bai Shunong is a professor at the School of Life Sciences, Peking University. Since beginning his postgraduate training in 1983, his research activities have led him to form a nonconventional perspective on the phenomenon of plant development. Bai Shunong believes that it is necessary to revive the views proposed by the founders of modern botany — that a plant is not an individual, like most animals are; rather, it is comprised of a colony of many developmental units, each of which would be the equivalent to the animalistic "individuals." The "Plant Morphology 123" theory he proposed regarding plant development integrates previously proposed concepts such as the "plant development unit," "sexual reproduction cycle," and "plant development program" into one system. Seeking to understand the internal driving force of plant morphogenesis, Bai Shunong realized that instead of asking “what is life”, people should first ask “what is being alive”. In cooperation with two mathematicians, he proposed that the "structure of the energy cycle" is what can be called “alive”, and the origin point of the entire system of life we experienced on earth.
时间 | Time
2021.12.04 12:00-13:30 | 北京时间 Beijing Time
观众日程 | Agenda
12:00 – 12:05 开场简介｜Opening Remarks
12:05 – 12:50 主旨演讲｜Keynote Speech
12:50 – 13:30 观众问答｜Q & A
直播平台 | Streaming Platform
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语言 | Language
中文 Chinese
主办单位 | Language
北京大学博古睿研究中心 | 思想改变世界
聚焦东西方对话，对影响人类变革的深刻变化开展跨文化、跨学科研究。重点关注前沿技术和社会治理等相关主题，特别是人工智能、基因编辑对人类社会发展的影响，以及全球治理和全球化等议题。
Berggruen Research Center, Peking University | Ideas for a changing world
The Berggruen Research Center is a hub for East-West research and dialogue dedicated to the cross-cultural and interdisciplinary study of the transformations affecting humanity. Intellectual themes focus on frontier technologies and society—specifically in artificial intelligence, the microbiome and gene editing as well as issues involving global governance and globalization.
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