Maths Busking aims to show the public the surprising side of mathematics through the medium of street performance.
14/09/2016
Sara Santos speaking at the Ada Lovelace Day in October, tickets still available!
Ada Lovelace Day Live! 2016 Ada Lovelace Day is an annual celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. Ada Lovelace Day Live! is our flagship ‘science cabaret’ event which this year will be held at The IET on the evening of 11 October. Playing host to the UK’s most fabulous women in S...
01/09/2013
Mind your scientific language
"Just a Theory": 7 Misused Science Words: Scientific American From "significant" to "natural," here are seven scientific terms that can prove troublesome for the public and across research disciplines
01/09/2013
Avoid behaving like a "charity mugger" when you are busking, check out min 37 of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZV-IHYL_1k
09/07/2013
See at tv show on http://drsarasantos.com/. BBC tried to trick Jon with a wrong sum but Sara does Divine Remainder live
08/04/2013
Your Maths, your career We've been asked 'what is the point of Maths' and we are really proud of our answers, we pulled the various answers together to the question 'What is the pur...
17/03/2013
We love Colin! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-21552161
Teaching maths by juggling The ablest primary pupils in England almost match those in Taiwan and Hong Kong in maths but fall back by the time they are 16, according to the Institute of Education Research.
17/03/2013
This guy is a super fast calculator! We got asked about him all the time at the Big Bang Fair http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-21612193
Can you beat the 'human calculator'? A man, who describes himself as the human calculator, is on a mission to get more British children interested in maths.
17/03/2013
This is great, people figuring out that they actually know a great deal of maths and use it everyday http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21681826
Government call for 'maths champions' The government is trying to improve maths skills by recruiting thousands of 'maths champions' across England to teach classes in the workplace.
17/03/2013
... or at the http://www.leeds.ac.uk/festivalofscience/
Leeds Festival of Science | University of Leeds Direct from BBC Radio 4’s Infinite Monkey Cage with Brian Cox and Robin Ince, with research featured on QI, Leeds will be welcoming stand-up Maths comedian Matt Parker.
17/03/2013
Next Saturday come and see us at the http://www.rhul.ac.uk/science/sciencefestival/home.aspx
Royal Holloway Science Festival 16-23 March 2013 Royal Holloway Science Festival
Hi Julia, have a good rest, we had fun altogether at the Big Bang Fair. I hope you don't dream of pentagons :)
Maths Busking Have you ever found yourself needing a pentagon, but not having one to hand? Here's a simple way to fold a pentagon from a single strip of paper, and it only takes a few seconds!
17/03/2013
So many people told us this was they favourite thing at the Big Bang Fair http://youtu.be/H9BFM--ptyE
Guinness World Records: chair-spinning record attempt at The Big Bang Fair How many times can you spin around on a swivel chair in 30 seconds? This is one of many World Record attempts that take place in Guinness World Records: Scie...