Ben Sparks

@sparksmaths.bsky.social

Mathematician, Musician, Speaker, Teacher, Author. Freelance & MEI & Uni of Bath MEI: Maths into AI Uni of Bath: Communicating Maths module Also Numberphile & Maths Inspiration On YouTube @SparksMaths Book a talk or workshop: www.bensparks.co.uk

Grant Sanderson's (3blue1brown) guest post on Terry Tao's blog pretty much affirms and expands on my opinion of what's missing in maths academia: more maths communication overall, and especially towards different audiences.

If math is more than proof, we need to better celebrate the rest of it

[This is a guest post by Grant Sanderson. This blog post was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI. — T.] A sentiment echoing throughout the mathematics communit…

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Maths, Shakespeare and Elizabethan History in the West End! On 19th Nov I'm doing my one hour 'Much Ado About Numbers' show at the delightful Club for Acts & Actors in Covent Garden. Tickets are just £12 for non-members, details of the show and booking below. www.eventbrite.com/e/much-ado-a...

Much Ado about Numbers

“Brilliantly informative, witty and engaging. Stellar!” Patrick Spottiswoode, founder of Shakespeare’s Globe Education

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Are you teaching #ALevelMaths or #ALevelFurtherMaths this year?? We still have a few places on our fully funded longer-term CPD courses with study days around the country. If you are in Leeds I'll be there this year talking statistics! 🤩 Full details: amsp.org.uk/teachers/extended-pd-courses/

Extended Professional Development Programme - AMSP

Extended professional development courses for AS/A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics teachers.

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Want to help out with this year’s MathsJam UK Gathering? We need volunteers to help with running the event, organising lifts for attendees, and many other things! Email volunteer@mathsjam.com if you can help.

Many sixth formers studying maths want a career that involves helping the environment and working with people. Few of them think of civil engineering as an option. On 18th Sept we're putting on a special Maths Inspiration show about this very topic. Aoife Hunt hosts three great young speakers.

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Sixth form teachers! On 18th September we're putting on a special FREE 75-minute show in Dulwich about maths and Civil Engineering. It's aimed at Year 12s. You MUST email to reserve places, see poster below. It'll be brilliant for students who are considering their options for university.

Talking Maths in Public (TMiP) is the UK's network for maths communication, bringing together people who communicate maths in a range of formats, to a variety of audiences. Sign up for our newsletter, find out about our activities and listen to our monthly podcast by visiting https://tmip.uk

We’ve only recently added another maths book to the site - authored by Katie Steckles, Sam Hartburn and Ben Sparks, 100 Ideas in 100 Words: Maths was commissioned by the Science Museum and has 100 snappy summaries of mathematical concepts:

100 Ideas in 100 Words: Maths (signed hardback)

One of the first titles in a cutting-edge new series created in partnership with The Science Museum, this book introduces 100 key areas of maths - such as prime numbers, algebra, probabil...

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