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Sunday, 24 December 2006

  • The Royal Institution of Great Britain: Christmas Lectures 2006-The Number Mysteries.

    Christmas Day December 25 2006.

    The five lectures are on Channel 5 TV and start on Mon Dec 25 2006 at 7:15 PM
    (GMT).Further dates and times are given below.
    THE NUM8ER MY5TERIES: the curious incident of the never-ending numbers will be broadcast on five on December 25 at 7.15pm
    THE NUM8ER MY5TERIES: the story of the elusive shapes will be broadcast on five on December 26 at 7.15pm
    THE NUM8ER MY5TERIES: the secret of the winning streak will be broadcast on five on December 27 at 7.15pm
    THE NUM8ER MY5TERIES: the case of the uncrackable code will be broadcast on five on December 28 at 7.15pm
    THE NUM8ER MY5TERIES: the quest to predict the future will be broadcast on five on December 29 at 7.15pm

    The Royal Institution of Great Britain

    The official website for the Royal Institution, the oldest independent research ... In the 2006 Christmas Lectures Marcus du Sautoy takes us on a journey ...
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    THE NUM8ER MY5TERIES

    Mathematics has successfully cracked some of the biggest mysteries of all time. By analysing the clues and spotting a hidden pattern, mathematicians have unmasked some of the most challenging cases on the mathematical books. In the 2006 Christmas Lectures Marcus du Sautoy takes us on a journey through some of the greatest thrillers in mathematics. We’ll stalk secret numbers as they spiral off to infinity. Follow the trail into the fourth dimension in search of Nature’s most mysterious shapes. Uncover the tricks that can help you make the winning move. Decipher the codes that hide a secret message. Ultimately discover how mathematics can predict whodunit before anything ever happens.
    But the hunt isn’t over. Mathematics is full of mysteries that have foiled even the cleverest mathematicians. Some of these baffling brainteasers have a reward of $1 million for their solution. Join Marcus du Sautoy on his hunt for the clues to crack the greatest unsolved cases in mathematics.
    Marcus du Sautoy is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is passionate about maths and he’s demonstrated this by making his local football team all wear shirts with prime numbers on. They’ve since had great success on the football pitch!

    About the Ri Christmas Lectures

    In the mid 1820s Michael Faraday, a former Director of the Royal Institution, initiated the first Christmas Lecture series at a time when organised education for young people was scarce. He presented a total of 19 series, establishing an exciting new venture of teaching science to young people.
    The Christmas Lectures have continued annually since this time, stopping only during World War 2. They are recognised as an educational forum for presenting complex scientific issues to young people in an informative and entertaining manner and are the flagship of the Royal Institution. Many world-famous scientists have given the lectures including Baroness Susan Greenfield, the current Director of the Royal Institution, David Attenborough and George Porter. To find out all of the Christmas Lecture speakers since 1825, please click here.
    The Ri and the IET
    Due to the major refurbishment project the Ri is currently undergoing, the Christmas Lectures will take place off-site for the second time since they began. The lecture theatre was completely out of action for the December 1929–January 1930 Christmas Lectures during a massive reconstruction project in 1929–1931, so the lectures had to find a temporary home. The Institute of Electrical Engineers offered their premises for free, and so Stephen Ranulph Kingdom Glanville was able to enthral young audiences with lectures on ‘How things were done in ancient Egypt’. We are delighted to announce the Christmas Lectures will be returning to the IEE (now called the Institute of Engineering and Technology) in 2006. The IET is located at Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL.
    The Leverhulme Trust
    For the third consecutive year, the Christmas Lectures are generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust. The Leverhulme Trust was established in 1925 under the Will of the First Viscount Leverhulme with the instruction that it should support scholarships for education and research. Since that time, the Trust has provided funding for research projects and studentships across all the academic disciplines, the ambition being to support talented individuals as they realise their personal vision in education or research. Full details of the Trust's activities may be found on their website at: www.leverhulme.ac.uk
    Channel Five Logo
    This is the second year that the Christmas Lectures will be broadcast on five over the Christmas period. Five and the Ri share a passion for exploiting the unique nature of the lectures and their intellectually challenging scientific experimental style. Five has a track record of uncompromising standards of scientific coverage, and a growing commitment to science as a key part of the channel's peak-time schedule.
    USEFUL LINKS.


    Transcripts

    Marcus du Sautoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    1. Creators of the Mathematica series of software titles.
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    1. All the help you could ever need with Mathematica and other Wolfram Research products ... site all about Stephen Wolfram, scientist, creator of Mathematica, ...
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    1. Examines the nature, development, and importance of the digit.
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    Prime number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    Murderous Maths: Prime numbers!

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    Applications of geometry to DNA's molecular structure

    ... for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) proposed by Crick and Watson in April 1953. ... Applications of geometry to DNA's molecular structure ...
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    Honeycomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    Coolmath4kids -- GEOMETRY

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    American Scientist Online - The Formation of Snow Crystals

    Libbrecht details many of these forms and how they arise, but also how much remains unknown about the elusive shapes. One of his newest theories relates to ...
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    Breathtaking Bucky Balls

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    A Fullerene Structure Library

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    Cities of Science - London - The Christmas Lectures - the Number ...

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    IMA:Schools & Further Education

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