Saturday, September 17, 2011
Brains, maths, comedy
A busy autumn, with lots of travel. Including a trip to India to help judge Debating Matters India, a competition for school teams who tackle some of the trickiest issues around.
Then on to the USA to take FameLab on the next step of its world domination plan - which I can't talk about yet, but it's VERY exciting. I'm also judging regional finals of FameLab UK - so if you're a scientist or engineer, I hope to see you competing.
Somehow we're fitting in a mini-tour of Your Days Are Numbered: the maths of death in October. But if you don't catch us at Canterbury Festival, Manchester Science Festival or London Science festival, don't worry - we'll be touring the UK in 2012.
The London show is also a Battle of Ideas satellite event - and I'm involved in a couple of sessions at the main Battle of Ideas festival weekend too. One on Brain Sex - do men and women think differently? And one on how we've all been seduced by statistics and will throw out our critical thinking at the first glimpse of a pretty infographic.
Speaking of which, I have maths homework to do ...
Then on to the USA to take FameLab on the next step of its world domination plan - which I can't talk about yet, but it's VERY exciting. I'm also judging regional finals of FameLab UK - so if you're a scientist or engineer, I hope to see you competing.
Somehow we're fitting in a mini-tour of Your Days Are Numbered: the maths of death in October. But if you don't catch us at Canterbury Festival, Manchester Science Festival or London Science festival, don't worry - we'll be touring the UK in 2012.
The London show is also a Battle of Ideas satellite event - and I'm involved in a couple of sessions at the main Battle of Ideas festival weekend too. One on Brain Sex - do men and women think differently? And one on how we've all been seduced by statistics and will throw out our critical thinking at the first glimpse of a pretty infographic.
Speaking of which, I have maths homework to do ...
