Big Money Mathematics - Professor K. Binmore
Can mathematics raise billions of pounds? Find out what happens when the mathematics of game theory is applied to economics.

Chaos and Chrochet - Dr H. Osinga
Maths predicts things - so why is the weather forecast often wrong? The intricacies of chaos theory can be explained with a surface that you can make by crochet.

Codes - Professor P.J. Cameron
From catching out a liar, to sequencing the human genome, or designing a quantum computer - there’s a code that does the job.

Floating, Spinning, Tumbling - Dr F. Berkshire
How do objects like to float, tennis racquets spin and polyhedral dice come to rest?
Order and chaos in action.

Fractals - the New Geometry - Professor K.J. Falconer
How can mathematics model highly irregular phenomena such as trees, mountain skylines and stock market prices? Fractal geometry provides an answer!

From Magic Squares to Sudoku - Dr E. McCoy
This talk will look at the properties of Magic Squares, Latin Squares and Sudoku, showing that they are more than just a recreational pastime!

Geometry Ancient and Modern - Dr J.R. Silvester
Euclid found many curious properties of circles - this talk describes a theorem he could have proved but didn't, and gives some more modern approaches to it.

Giraffe Blood Flow & Pattern-forming Bacteria - Professor T.J. Pedley
Why is a giraffe's heart so huge, and why do swimming bacteria form patterns? Biological fluid dynamics has the answers.

How likely is that? - Dr J. Haigh
Answers to questions about probability are often surprising, and may even seem paradoxical. But a logical approach shows why these answers arise.

Knots - Dr S. Huggett
The mathematical theory of knots is a weird and wonderful world. It is easy to enter, but surprisingly difficult to answer some of its most obvious questions.

Know your enemy - viruses under the Mathematical Microscope - Dr R. Twarock
Mathematics can help us understand the structure of viruses and the principles responsible for their formation. Can this knowledge be used to find their Achilles’ heel and develop new strategies for anti-viral drug design?

Marrying, Voting, Choosing - Dr T.W. Körner
Mathematics cannot tell us how to marry, vote or choose, but it can cast an interesting light on these problems.

Mathematics, Magic and the Electric Guitar - Dr D.J. Acheson
Maths is sometimes magical. But can it explain the legendary Indian Rope Trick? And what has it got to do with playing the guitar?

Mathematics of Shrek - Dr J. Lasenby
How does mathematics, coupled with immense computational power, produce the stunning visual effects in movies like Shrek and Toy Story?

Music of the Primes - Professor M.P.F. du Sautoy
A million dollars awaits the person who can unravel the mystery of the hidden music that explains the cacophony of the prime numbers.

Our Dynamic Sun - Dr H.E. Mason
Mathematics helps to unravel the mysteries of the Sun, by looking beyond visible light to amazing ultra-violet and X-ray observations.

Simplicity and Complexity - Professor J. Barrow
Physicists say that the world is simple, but biologists disagree. Superstrings, chaos and the theory of complexity all help to resolve this contradiction.

Simulating the World - Professor C.J. Budd
How maths helps us to drive a supersonic racing car, make dinosaurs live again, or leave the solar system, without moving from our desks.

Spoonful of Maths Helps the Medicine Go Down, ... - Professor H. Byrne
What role should mathematics play in the field of medicine? Could it be the new tonic that doctors need to cure our ills?

Tangent Circles Patterns & Packings - Professor C.M. Series
Patterns of tangent circles have led to geometrical problems from ancient Greece to old Japan. Classical geometry has much to say about this, but the full solution is a wonderful 20th century idea.

Toy Models - Dr. T. Tokieda
Come and see many toys that can be made in 10 minutes but, if played with imaginatively, can inspire research for 10 months and pose problems in mathematics and mechanics, some still unsolved.

What Computers Cannot Do - Dr A. Slomson
Computers can solve many mathematical problems. But, no matter how powerful they become, mathematics tells us there are limits to their problem-solving ability.

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