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A listing of mathematics-related events for the public (say, up to and including undergraduate-level). Note: only countries are present for which an event has been listed - add your country to the list! Please contact me if you would like an event included; I can't promise to include everything but I will do my best. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information given – please check the links given in case of updates or corrections.


This list last updated: 25 August, 2010

 

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Argentina

please send me details of any public events


Australia

Café Scientifique
Imperfect Creation - The Gloriously Messy Universe
Presented by ABC Science, Breezeway,, Brisbane, Sunday 5 September, 3.00 pm - 5.00 pm
Free Public Lecture Series
Presented by Marty Ross and Burkard Polster
Melbourne Museum, Sunday mornings from 11.30 to 12.30 on 12th September and 17th October.
Public Lecture
"The life of π  by Jonathan Borwein
The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Tuesday 28th September at 6.30pm.
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Belgium

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Canada

Public Lecture and Open House
at the Institute for Quantum Computing
University of Waterloo, Saturday 18 September, 10am–5pm (lecture by David Cory at 2pm, free but registration required)
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Denmark

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France

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Germany

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Ireland

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Italy

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Japan

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New Zealand

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Singapore

Distinguished Visitor Programme
Hung Hsi Wu's visit will include a public lecture
Monday 30 August – Saturday 4 September, programm tba

Spain

Mathematics Education Event
"Jornada Internacional: MATEMÁTICAS EVERYWHERE"
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 1 October
 

Sweden

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United Kingdom

Evening Lecture
"Particle Laden Viscous Fluids and the Gulf of Mexico Oilspill" by Andrea Bertozzi, UCLA
Hosted by the Lighthill Institute at the London Mathematical Society, Wednesday 8th September 2010, 17.30– 19.00
Popular Mathematics Events
at the British Science Festival (in the programme search check the 'Free Keyword' box and type 'mathematics')
Birmingham, various venues/prices, 14–19 September
Weekend School
Paul Erdős and 'The Book' led by C.G. Rutherford and R Whitty
Oxford University, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 September 2010.
LMS 2010 Popular Lectures
"Modelling the Circle of Life" and "Clutching at Random Straws" by Dorothy Buck and Matt Parker,
University of Birmingham, Wednesday 29 September, 6.30-9pm.
Gresham College Geometry Lecture
"Maths with Pictures" by John D Barrow FRS
at the Museum of London, Tuesday 5 October at 1pm
Public Lecture
"Triangular Relationships" by Patricia Fara
at Gresham College, joint event with BSHM, Thursday 4 November at 5.30
Inaugural Lecture
"Patterns and Invariants in Mathematics" by Nicole Snashall
University of Leicester, Tuesday 9 November at 5.30pm.
Gresham College Geometry Lecture
"Continued Fractions" by John D Barrow FRS
at the Museum of London, Tuesday 16 November at 1pm
Gresham College Geometry Lecture
"The Bounce of the Superball" by John D Barrow FRS
at the Museum of London, Tuesday 7 December at 1pm
Gresham College Geometry Lecture
"The Uses of Irrationality: Paper Sizes and the Golden Ratio" by John D Barrow FRS
at the Museum of London, Tuesday 11 January, 2011 at 1pm
Gresham College Geometry Lecture
"Benford's Very Strange Law" by John D Barrow FRS
at the Museum of London, Tuesday 1 February, 2011 at 1pm
Gresham College Geometry Lecture
"Doing Business in Intersellar Space" by John D Barrow FRS
at the Museum of London, Tuesday 1 March, 2011 at 1pm
Free Public Lecture
"The Importance of Proving Things" by Mark Ronan
at Gresham College, Thursday 10 March, 2011 at 6pm
One-day Meeting
on Early Mathematics
at Gresham College, joint event with BSHM, Friday 6 May 2011 at 10.30
Free Public Lecture
"Undecidable and decidable problems in mathematics. A survey and some reflections, for the centenary of Turing's birth" by Angus Macintyre
at Gresham College, Tuesday 17 May, 2011, 6pm

USA

IMA Public Lecture
Andrew W. Lo
at the IMA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Tuesday, September 21
2010 Einstein Lecture
"The Cosmic Distance Ladder" by Terence Tao,
at AMS Western Section Meeting, UCLA, Saturday, Sunday, October 9–10
IMA Public Lecture
Jon Kleinberg
at the IMA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Tuesday, November 9
Public Lecture
Title and speaker to be announced
University of Purdue, Tuesday, November 16, 4:30 - 5:30 PM EST
IMA Public Lecture
Chris Volinsky
at the IMA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Wednesday, April 13, 2011


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