http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09 daily 1 2009-09-24T07:59:27Z http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/maths-in-the-city Maths Week 2009 kicked off to a great start on Saturday 10th Oct. when an international team of presenters took to the streets in Dublin City Centre to engage the public directly to challenge people’s perceptions of mathematics. No publisher admin Audience - All Dublin Public 2009-10-10T19:17:26Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/andrew-jeffrey-mathemagician 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 Dublin Junior cycle 2009-10-02T09:38:05Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/maths-at-the-national-wax-museum-plus The newly opened Wax Museum has decided to honour Ireland's most important mathematician,, William Rowan Hamilton. Cover charge applies No publisher admin Audience - All Dublin 2009-10-09T16:28:02Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/dit-magic-of-maths-with-fernando-blasco Join one of Spain's best known maths communicators, mathematician and magician, Fernando Blasco for a session of fun maths and also enjoy maths stands with DIT staff and students showing what's fun and cool in maths. No publisher admin Dublin 2009-10-08T15:07:59Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/ucd-maths-week-event Lecturers from the UCD Schools of Mathematical Sciences, Physics and Computer Science and Informatics will deliver a series of short talks on a range of topics that involve maths including understanding how the shuffle works on an iPod, exploring the origins of the earth and examining the online world of Googling, YouTube and social networking. No publisher admin Senior Cycle students Dublin 2009-10-07T08:33:51Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/dr-jennifer-piggott-nrich-cambridge Jenny’s workshops focus on developing problem solving skills in some challenging and entertaining contexts. No publisher admin Primary School Dublin Teachers 2009-09-29T13:20:07Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/alchemist-cafe-mercantile-pub-dame-street Tues evening 13th October Stand up maths in the pub with Kjartan Poskitt Dublin (Pub maths - adults only) Alchemist cafe: Mercantile Pub Dame Street More info: www.alchemistcafedublin.com No publisher admin Dublin Adults Only 2009-10-04T11:27:13Z 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/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/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 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/mathematics-can-save-lives-dr-john-mccarthy Mathematics has had a huge impact on public health in the last 150 years, from proving that dirty water spread cholera (before the cholera bacillus was discovered), to the creation of images using ultrasound or CAT scans. No publisher admin Senior Cycle students Dublin 2009-10-14T09:28:28Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/hamilton-walk No publisher admin Audience - All Dublin Public 2009-10-06T17:13:27Z Event http://www.mathsweek.ie/mathsweek09/events/ria-hamilton-lecture No publisher admin Dublin Public 2009-10-16T17:33:36Z Event