What Can Mathematicians Do?
What Can Mathematicians Do? was a series of online public Maths presentations organised by Newcastle University’s School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics. The presentations cover a wide range of topics designed to inspire.
What Can Mathematicians Do? was a series of online public maths presentations organised by Newcastle University’s School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics and held in December 2022.
The presentations covered a wide range of topics in maths, stats and physics, such as how colours mix, how to make a mint on the stock market, and how to pick your next Netflix binge.
All of the presenters are disabled: we hope to show that anyone can be a mathematician, and mathematicians can do just about anything!
Each session consisted of two 30-minute presentations, followed by a question-and-answer session.
The live sessions were interpreted live in British Sign Language. Unfortunately, it wasn’t possible to include the interpreters in the session recordings. Closed Captions have been provided where possible.
There is a recording of each session, including the question-and-answer part.
Sessions
Monday December 12th – Morning 09:30 – 11:00
Recording of the whole session
Tanya Gleadow, Loughborough University - “Giant sky lasers and other shiny things.”
Wednesday December 14th – Afternoon – 13:00 – 14:30
Recording of the whole session
Abi Kirk, Open University - “Shifting Shapes: Euler's Formula for Polyhedra”
Amy Mason, University of Cambridge - “What to watch next on Netflix?”
Friday December 16th – Afternoon 13:00 – 14:30
Recording of the whole session
Lucy Rycroft-Smith, University of Cambridge - “Periodic functions: the mathematics of menstruation”
Chetna Patel - “I introduce myself as a mathematician … yes, really”
Tuesday December 20th – Afternoon – 13:30 – 15:00
Recording of the whole session
Sophie Maclean - "How to get rich quick"
Lauren Gilbert, Newcastle University - “Disabled in Physics: how did I get here?”
Thursday December 22nd – Morning 10:30 – 12:00
Recording of the whole session
Naomi Wray, Cardiff University - "Count to ten or count to twelve? The decimal system revised."