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Details of our programme of free public and schools lectures are posted below - we update this list and add new lectures regularly. If you would like to receive an email notification about future lectures and events please join our MMP events mailing list.

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Year 12 Enrichment Day

Thursday 9th July 2009, 9.30 - 2.45 pm

Various speakers
Organised by the Cambridgeshire Further Mathematics Centre

Venue: Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Clarkson Road, Cambridge

This enrichment event for Year 12 students will feature engaging mathematical content and an interesting insight into a range of intriguing applications of the subject. Lecture topics include 'Mathematics and the Movies', 'Avalanche!' and 'Particle Hunting at the Large Hadron Collider'. For full details please see the programme for the day at the Cambridgeshire Further Mathematics Centre website.

About the speaker:Speakers include: Dr Ben Allanach and Dr Jim McElwaine, University of Cambridge Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics; Dr Joan Lasenby, University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, and Dr Stephen Hewson and Rachel Thomas from the Millennium Mathematics Project.

NB: To register for places please download a booking form from the Cambridgeshire Further Mathematics Centre website. Please note that this is a special event, organised by the Cambridgeshire Further Mathematics Centre, and there is a charge of £7.50 per student attending. Any queries should be addressed to the Cambridgeshire Further Mathematics Centre

Level: Secondary - Year 12 students only


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.