Meet the Mathematicians

Highlights from "Meet the Mathematicians" at the University of Nottingham...

Meet the Mathematicians

Ask most school students to describe a typical mathematician and you are likely to receive the same clichéd response; geeky, grey-haired man who lacks social skills and has no personal life outside maths. Surprisingly, this is not always the case! In order to correct such misconceptions, in April 2009 students from around the UK were invited to a Meet the Mathematicians (MtM) event with the School of Mathematical Sciences and supported by funding from the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC).

There were three main aims for the event.

The organisers wanted to convey that Mathematics is a living and evolving subject, each day being applied to the description and understanding of the physical, biological, commercial, digital and social universes around us.

The MtM day was designed to help to provide a clearer insight into what the experience of studying Mathematics at university might be like, beyond the usual UCAS day visit. University staff, researchers and postgraduate students were on hand to help with a programme of activities meet with students to explain what they did and why.

The day gave a glimpse of life after a Mathematics degree with examples of professionals using the subject within their careers.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• maths
• mathematics

[retrocareermelted]

all the white kids are bored and all the asians are having a blast

[mattandrewsmatt]

Binary subtitles - for deaf nerds

[HeavySpinna415]

SAD 2 SAY BUT MY PEOPLE (BLACK) ARE DESTROYED FOR THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AT TIMES ITS FRUSTRATING .. BUT DAS EXACTLY WHY IM DOING THE OPPOSITE OF DEM

[GAMMOMEGA]

wish my future was so promising

[bountyhunter5551]

How did i get here from horn pranks?

[valdas0]

it costs 400 000 dollars to integrate for 12 seconds

[xPULPxVELVETx]

fuckn nerds. go outside

[retromelon123]

@ChRIs23696 you mean if the online binary to text converter is correct?

[boatofcoins]

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THE SIMS SONG IN THE BACK

[ChRIs23696]

the bit on the bottom says something like "meet the mathematicians at nottingham" if my limited knowledge of 8 bit binary is correct :)

[WaterPocket]

@retrocareermelted lol...so you are suggesting, that white people are way ahead of the asians...? :-P