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(Date, Your City).. Mathematics and Biology is the theme for Mathematics
Awareness Month 1999, which will be observed during April 1999. INCLUDE
INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC EVENT (S) HERE.

This year, Texas Instruments joins three mathematical societies in
sponsoring and organizing Mathematics Awareness Month. The theme
Mathematics and Biology has been selected, and this year's poster is Vital
Rhythms: Mathematics in the Heart.  The poster illustrates significant
contributions of mathematics to biological discovery through heart
research. Mathematics is an essential element of scientific advancement in
many other biological areas, including brain research, the human genome,
modeling blood flow, epidemiology and many other bio-technical fields.

The 1999 Mathematics Awareness Month color poster, Vital Rhythms:
Mathematics in the Heart highlights the contribution mathematical modeling
makes in understanding heart function and malfunction. These images are
visualizations of mathematical models that help us "see" how the heart is
excited. They result when mathematics is used (as no other science can) to
depict physical processes or physical activity. These particular
models/images demonstrate normal electrical activity in the heart and help
researchers understand more about fatal heart attacks. Dr. James Keener
of the University of Utah and Professor A.V. Panfilov of the University of
Utrecht provided the poster images.

During Mathematics Awareness Month, celebrations take place at colleges,
universities, and research laboratories across the country.  Special
events taking place this year include public lectures, mathematical games
and competitions, and special days that bring high school students to
college campuses where they are introduced to mathematics departments and
faculty.

Extensive information about Mathematics Awareness Month---including the
theme poster and other visuals, an annotated essay with links to many
other related sites, and news of MAM celebrations talking place around the
country----can be found on the MAM website at
http://www.mathaware.org/mam.

Mathematics Awareness Month is coordinated by the Joint Policy Board for
Mathematics on behalf of three national mathematics organizations---the
American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America,
and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Previous MAM
themes have included Mathematics and the Internet, Mathematics and
Decision-Making and Mathematics and Symmetry.