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Festive events at MathsWorld London!

This festive period join MathsWorld in unearthing the mathematical secrets behind London’s Bankside region. 
* Will you be fooled by classic Elizabethan dice games?
* What mathematical structures govern the architecture of the Bankside?
* Is there maths to be found in Shakespearean verse?

Broadcaster Johnny Ball, Author Rob Eastaway, and the local Kirkaldy’s Testing Works have all contributed to the Bankside Mathematics area this Christmas

From concept to reality: our interactive exhibits are designed to amaze. ✨ Can you feel the maths magic already?

We're celebrating the start of Maths Week England today! We are delighted to host the official launch this morning, and will be enjoying a day jam packed with special events.

Come along with your annual pass today to join in...

11.00: Maths Week England Official Launch with Andrew Jeffrey

11.30: Making Maths Meaningful with Movement with Shanti Pise

12.15: Shakespeare and Elizabethan Maths with Rob Eastaway (10+)

12.45: Mobius Strip Workshop with Sam Durbin (7+)

13.15: Imaginary Numbers with Cath Moore (14+)

13.45: Jazzy Geometry with Sam Hartburn (10+)

14.15: Magic of Maths with Andrew Jeffrey

14.45: Shakespeare and Elizabethan Maths with Rob Eastaway (10+)

15.15: Mobius Strip Workshop with Sam Durbin (7+)

15.45: Imaginary Numbers with Cath Moore (14+)

16.15: Jazzy Geometry with Sam Hartburn (10+)

We will also be holding a record breaking Pi calculation attempt!

To celebrate the start of Maths Week England 2025 we will be hosting an entire day of talks, stalls, and activities here at MathsWorld London on the 15th of November! Just purchase a standard ticket (or come along with your annual pass) to access the exciting special events throughout the day…

11.00: Maths Week England Official Launch with Andrew Jeffrey

11.30: Making Maths Meaningful with Movement with Shanti Pise

12.15: Shakespeare and Elizabethan Maths with Rob Eastaway (10+)

12.45: Mobius Strip Workshop with Sam Durbin (7+)

13.15: Imaginary Numbers with Cath Moore (14+)

13.45: Jazzy Geometry with Sam Hartburn (10+)

14.15: Magic of Maths with Andrew Jeffrey

14.45: Shakespeare and Elizabethan Maths with Rob Eastaway (10+)

15.15: Mobius Strip Workshop with Sam Durbin (7+)

15.45: Imaginary Numbers with Cath Moore (14+)

16.15: Jazzy Geometry with Sam Hartburn (10+)

We will also be holding a record breaking Pi calculation attempt!

Meet the Enigma Machine – An Armistice Day Celebration At MathsWorld on the 11th of November.

This Armistice Day, Courtesy of Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ), the most famous of coding devices, the Enigma machine, will be visiting MathsWorld London.

Join MathsWorld’s Dr James Grime alongside GCHQ in exploring the story of Alan Turing and the Enigma machine and look at how cryptography has moved on with the mathematics behind a public key exchange (Diffe-Hellman).

This is a particularly pertinent year for a talk on Engima, as we celebrate the 80-year anniversary of the end of World War II. Alan Turing is best remembered as one of the leading code breakers of Bletchley Park during World War II. It was Turing's brilliant insights and mathematical mind that helped to break Enigma, the apparently unbreakable code used by the German military.

Book tickets for this special event via our website now.

The number zero was invented independently by different cultures! 🤯

Like numbers? Try our gravity calculator at MathsWorld.

Honeybees use maths! 🐝 Their hives are made of perfect hexagons. Explore the maths in nature at MathsWorld London.

Visit the Polydron Play Zone at MathsWorld - this week only!

During half-term visitors can stretch their imagination and build giant dinosaurs, geodomes and geometric shapes in the Polydron Play Zone.

Polydron have provided 395 construction pieces, including giant and extra-large pieces for extra-large imaginative builds! Come and play until the 2nd November

Its nearly Halloween, and there's nothing we like more at MathsWorld than some spooky origami.

Did you know that you can cut out any shape you like with a single straight cut? After you’ve folded the paper cleverly that is!

Take a look at this clip of us making a bat..

Matt Parker and Fold-and-Cut Festive Decorations The one-cut theorem says we can make any shape from folding paper and one cut. Matt shows us how to make a star and a bat for your festive decorations.Matt's...

“Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.” — Albert Einstein 🧠

Explore the poetry of maths at MathsWorld London

What maths can you find in a sandpit? Find out at MathsWorld, open now!