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SELLING FAST Discourse: Thinking slowly about uncertainty

Thu 30 Jan 2025

Renowned statistician Sir David Spiegelhalter explores how we can better deal with risk, uncertainty, luck, chance and ignorance

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Discourses

Discourse: A mathematician's journey for social justice

Fri 28 Mar 2025

Join mathematician Nira Chamberlain as he proposes how to better Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) as a pure science

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Talks and shows

The modern world through mathematical models

Sat 15 Mar 2025

Informatics expert Jane Hillston explores how we model the world around us, and how new algorithms can help us face our resource

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Workshops

EXTRA DATE Holiday workshops: To the Fourth Dimension and Beyond (age 12-14)

Wed 14 Aug 2024
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Talks and shows

An Evening of Unnecessary Detail

Sun 20 Oct 2024

Join Festival of the Spoken Nerd and friends for an evening of science, songs, stand-up maths and more!

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Talks and shows

SELLING FAST 50 years of The Rubik's cube

Sat 16 Nov 2024

Maths and magic collide in the fascinating world of Rubik's Cube.

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Talks and shows

A Periodic Tale with Dr Karl

Sat 12 Oct 2024

Dr Karl is back and delving into the wide realm of science, one topic at a time.

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Talks and shows

SOLD OUT Pokémaths: The maths of Pokémon

Sat 05 Oct 2024

Discover the maths behind one of the world's most popular games.

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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Domino computing master class (age 12-14)

Tue 27 Aug 2024
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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Shorelines, Snowflakes and Sierpiński Triangles (13–15)

Wed 07 Aug 2024

In this workshop for 13–15 year-olds, get a hands-on introduction to Fractal Geometry

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