The Six Series: “Six Linguistic Sixes” with Princeton Professor Joshua Katz

Wed Apr 17, 2019
6:30pm to 8:00pm ET
Age: 10 and up
Price: $30
Location:
National Museum of Mathematics
2125420566
11 E 26th Street, NY, NY, 10010
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Joshua Katz (Cotsen Professor at Princeton) shares six facts (at least) about English and other languages that have to do with the number six. 

For example, do you know what the connection is between six and the first word in any dictionary of English, the seemingly mundane but, in fact, fascinating indefinite article “a”?  Or why the letter “alpha” could be used for 1 in Ancient Greek, “beta” for 2, and “gamma” for 3, but the sixth letter, “zeta,” stood for 7? 

Learn and explore with one of Princeton’s “rockstar professors,” all in celebration of MoMath’s sixth birthday. 

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