http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09 daily 1 2009-09-29T17:34:55Z http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/3-4-5-and-pythagoras-dr-brendan-mccann A workshop exploring how Pythagoras theorem is useful in today’s world No publisher admin Waterford Institute of Technology Junior cycle Waterford 2009-09-29T13:18:10Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/andrew-jeffrey-cork Professional magician, former maths teacher and school vice-principal, Andrew Jeffrey has been brought back again this year as his "Magic of Maths" show proved so popular last year. No publisher admin Munster Primary School Cork 2009-10-07T13:25:34Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/belfast-dr-maths-steve-humble-at-w5-details-tbc No publisher admin Belfast Ulster 2009-10-05T18:56:35Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/dit-interactive-demonstrations-and-talks A fair of interactive stands with DIT students showing off what's fun and cool in Maths, accompanied by two talks highlighting how maths can be fun, interesting and relevant to our lives with DIT lecturers Maev Maguire and Joe Condon No publisher admin Dublin 2009-10-07T13:07:22Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/maths-magic-and-more The magic of mathematics, by Fiacre O’Cairbre; Juggling by numbers, by Dr. Carl Bracken; A mathematical gig: the connections between mathematics and music, by Dr. Bob Lawlor. No publisher admin Rest of Leinster Maynooth 2009-10-01T22:12:11Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/murderous-maths-with-kjartan-poskitt Kjartan has written over 50 books, including stage musicals, puzzles, codes, astronomy, magic and most recently his new "Urgum the Axeman" novels No publisher admin Senior Cycle students Dublin Junior cycle 2009-10-08T11:51:23Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/probability-and-making-bad-decisions.-dr-padraig-kirwan Probability is an area of Mathematics that stemmed from a question about throwing two dice. It is frequently applied to real-life situations in a bad way. In this talk we will examine examples of this, such as the O.J. Simpson murder trial and the explosion of the Space Shuttle in 1986 No publisher admin Waterford Munster Waterford Institute of Technology Senior Cycle students 2009-09-30T14:38:38Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/skeptics-maths-maths-and-the-media-an-equation-for-confusion Mathematicians seem resigned to constantly seeing mathematics being mis-used in the media. Most obviously, there are the stupid equations that newspapers seem to love, including the Sun's brilliant formula that had Britney Spears' breasts as the subject. But there are also the more serious cases of misleading mathematics that confuse people and potentially put their health at risk. Matt Parker will take a look at the best and the worst of media mathematics and see if there is anything that irate Mathematicians can do about it. No publisher admin Audience - All Dublin 2009-10-01T18:52:13Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/tralee-3-d-surfaces-and-their-geometry No publisher admin Munster Transition Year Senior Cycle students 2009-10-09T15:41:56Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/understanding-prime-numbers-through-differentiation-and-quadratic-functions Prime numbers been studied since ancient times- this talk will explore prime numbers. No publisher admin Connacht Galway Public 2009-10-09T14:56:23Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/william-rowan-hamilton-1805-1865-irelands-greatest-mathematician Dr Fiacre O’Cairbre NUI Maynooth for the South Fingal Heritage Society No publisher admin Junior cycle Dublin Third level students Senior Cycle students Public 2009-09-29T10:14:54Z Event