This Christmas Lecture is aimed at school pupils and the young at heart and features fun maths.
Interaction by our younger attendees is fully endorsed and welcomed, so please bring your youngsters along, especially if they are struggling with maths; they may get fresh insights.
Speaker: Derrick Willer MBE
Derrick’s presentation is based on his book “Sums. They’re Math Magic” and will involve pupils at each stage of his lecture. The pupils’ activities will be displayed for all to see, as well as the slides.
In a fun way, some things that will be covered are:
- How do aliens (with only three fingers on each hand) count?
- Where did numbers come from?
- Card tricks involving logic
- Measuring square roots
- Handy multiplication
- What is the probability that two people have the same birthday?
About the speaker
Derrick Willer is a chartered engineer working mainly in the manufacturing sector, now retired. He was born in 1939 in Peckham, London and became an engineer after early exposure to Meccano.
He has supported schools, colleges, pupils and teachers for over forty years and was awarded an MBE for services to education in 2018. He recently published a fun maths book, which he provides to local schools free of charge.
Booking
Please reserve your free place via Eventbrite – Book online
Filming, photography and audio recording consent
The British Computer Society, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and Institution of Engineering and Technology (The Organisers), may wish to use
photographs, video footage or audio recordings of the children participating in this event. These images shall only be shown to the audience during the lecture and at no other time. You will be asked to fill in a form to confirm that you consent to this use.
Image credit: FelixMittermeier from Pixabay
