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Mozart's mathematical intellect and female aerospace pioneers will be topics of discussion during the University Forum lecture series in March.

Daniel Leeson, an adjunct mathematics instructor at DeAnza College, will present "Mozart and Mathematics" on March 5.

Mozart is known as one of the greatest composers ever. Some believe that his innovative skills were based in his mathematical intellect.

Leeson, who also is a musician and a Mozart scholar, will discuss a recently discovered Mozart sketch that contains what seems to be an attempt by the composer to work out a problem in number theory. He then will explore whether the composer had an undeveloped mathematical intellect and what impact that may have had on his work.

On March 11, Leslie Haynsworth, an adjunct English professor at Columbia College, will share anecdotes of ground-breaking women in her lecture titled "Amelia Earhart's Daughters: The Untold Stories of Pioneering American Women in Aerospace."

According to Haynsworth, many Americans have heard of the aviator Earhart and astronaut Sally Ride, but many other pioneering women in aerospace have not received the same acclaim. Their accomplishments will be the focus of her presentation.

All University Forum lectures are free and open to the public. Both lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History.

The University Forum lecture series is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and is underwritten by the UNLV Foundation. For additional information on the series, call 895-3401