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Through the Looking Glass...again and again!

Wednesday 11th November 2009, 2.00 - 3.00 pm

Dr Sara Santos
Royal Institution (Ri)

Venue: Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Clarkson Road, Cambridge

What happens if Alice takes a magic trip inside a conic arrangement of mirrors? Puzzled? Wait until you see Alice's cubes and icosahedrons! We will see how many triangles make up a cube or a dodecahedron using 3D-kaleidoscopes. We will look at reflections and rotations in the three dimensional space.

About the speaker:Dr Sara Santos is Clothworkers' Fellow in Mathematics at the Royal Institution of Great Britain (Ri) and is responsible for coordinating the UK-wide network of secondary Ri mathematics masterclasses. Sara not only has worked with artists to develop new masterclasses in design and mathematics, but also teachers in taking exciting ideas into the new classroom. Sara has taught adults and children and did research on Dynamical Systems (and Christmas wrapping!)at the University of Manchester.

Level: Secondary; open to the general public - Suggested age range 11+ , general public


Admission to all our lectures is free but by ticket only (unless otherwise marked): please email us stating clearly the date and title of the lecture you would like to attend and how many tickets you require, and we will confirm your ticket allocation by email. Download a map and directions to the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, where the lectures are held, unless marked otherwise, or see the University of Cambridge's online map. The main entrance to the Centre for Mathematical Sciences is via the footpath off Clarkson Road (running next to the Isaac Newton Institute car park) and then through the CMS gatehouse. This is signposted.