Shenandoah Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics Conference
at James Madison University, October 22, 2011
Closing Speaker

Sir Randolph Bacon III, cousin-in-law to
Dr. Colin Adams, Williams College
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Ruth Charney

 Colin Adams
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Contact the organizers: brownet at jmu dot edu
taalmala at jmu dot edu
Title: Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing

Abstract:  Being a tale of adventure on the high seas involving great risk to the tale teller, and how an understanding of the mathematical theory of knots saved his bacon. No nautical or mathematical background assumed.