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Visiting Scholar Andrew Odlyzko at Augustana College: "Technology Manias: from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond."

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On March 25, 2010 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Andrew Odlyzko visited Augustana College to present "Technology Manias: From Railroads to Internet and Beyond." The visit was sponsored by the Zeta of Illinois chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

The Visiting Scholar Program makes available every year a dozen or so distinguished scholars. The men and women participating during 2009-2010 will visit 48 colleges and universities, spending two days at each one, meeting informally with students and faculty members, taking part in classroom discussions, and giving a public lecture open to the entire academic community. The visits are designed primarily for undergraduate participation.

The purpose of the program is to contribute to the intellectual life of the campus by making possible an exchange of ideas between the Visiting Scholars and the resident faculty and students. A total of 4,736 visits have been made by the 565 Visiting Scholars who have taken part in the program during the past 53 years.

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