The Shape of Space

   I will try to give you an idea of how mathematicians 
manage to say anything meaningful about higher-dimensional 
spaces, and relate this to the recent proof of the 
Poincare conjecture that won the Millenium Prize of 
the Clay Institute.  Besides bringing your enquiring 
minds, at least 50% of the attendees need to bring 
a belt for those articles will play a key role
in our discussion.   We will also dissect donuts.