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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University College, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 20, No. 9. June 27, 1957

Maths and Phys. Soc: — Solar System

Maths and Phys. Soc:

Solar System

One of the largest audiences ever to attend a meeting of a college scientific society came to the first of the Maths, and Physics Society's student-speaker evenings.

The first speaker, J. F. Harper, spoke on "The Origin of the Solar System". He discussed all the modem theories which, though widely differing from one another, all seemed to end up with some convenient "sticky liquid" holding matter together to form planets.

The second speaker. F. R. Routley. B.A., spoke on "The Nature of Pure Mathematics". He discussed formalism, intuitionism and logicism—theories which have tried to show that all of mathematics can be derived from certain foundations.

Although many of those present got lost at times, the talk was a useful introduction to a branch of mathematics not taught in the Maths. Department.

The next student-speaker meeting will be a discussion on Space Flight, to be held on June 27th.