2017 CoM Events

You love mathematics? Fantastic! You don’t like mathematics? Well, then give us a chance to change that!

The Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign would like to invite you and your family to our winter math carnival! The Gathering for Gardner 2017 will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2017 from 2 – 5 pm in Altgeld Hall. This fun filled day will be packed with hands on activities, demonstrations, games and puzzles, refreshments, and mathematical prizes for participants! All activities are free and open to the public and there is no math training required to enjoy! Our puzzles are particularly designed for kindergarten, elementary school, and middle school students. Please come visit us and bring the whole family!

For more details, see http://math.illinois.edu/~lanius2/G4G.html or join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/650413705130559

Feel free to email organizers Melinda Lanius at lanius2@illinois.edu or Philipp Hieronymi at phierony@illinois.edu .

At the Mathematics Association of New South Wales Annual Conference we are running a “Celebration of Mind” session where you can come and do lots of puzzles!

There seems to be no end to the mathemagical things one can explore with a simple deck of cards, from algebra and combinatorics to probability and statistics. In this talk, Colm Mulcahy will explore how card tricks provide an entertaining and often surprising forum for mathematics. The talk will include demonstrations, and will explore mostly new principles in mathemagic and their applications to card tricks.

Specific times are still TBD but this event will be somewhere between 11 am and 4 pm. The location is at the Ruch Branch of the Jackson County Library.

https://www.theglobalmathproject.org/
jmurawski@msri.org

Come celebrate math with puzzles, games, magic, stories, and more!
Kids ages 8 and up, and grown-ups who are kids at heart, will enjoy this afternoon filled with hands-on math activities. This year’s event takes place during Global Math Week! The event honors the life and work of Martin Gardner, former Scientific American columnist who inspired a generation of mathematicians and recreational math enthusiasts. In the spirit of Martin Gardner’s love of Alice in Wonderland and with Halloween around the corner, come “down the rabbit hole” and explore with us! This event is free and open to the public! Questions? Contact Jennifer Murawski at jmurawski@msri.org. Registration is requested, but not required. Click link below to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBdqvJJpk6toTWajtRpG3VJrv0If-WPkfUWNI5FbNf-M6NrQ/viewform
Special guests and presenters include:
Magician, Mark Mitton
Exploding Dots expert Dr. James Tanton, Global Math Week (ExplodingDots.org) – htttp://www.explodingdots.org
The Elwyn and Jennifer Berklekamp Foundation
Dr. Carlo Sequin (University of California, Berkeley) – http://cubesandthings.net
Artist, Stacy Speyer (cubesandthings.net)
The California Math Festival Program
And more!

MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting. In Christchurch, we meet on the third Tuesday of every month from 7pm in the evening, and in October we’ll be meeting on 17th in The Twisted Hop on Ferry Road. Join us for a night of maths and Gardner fun!

Butler University’s (Indianapolis, IN) Fall honors class is on Martin Gardner (the third such). The Celebration of the Mind will be on Oct. 19 from 12:30-3pm. We open the class to invited visitors in celebration and expect about 50 people in all. Theme and Content: We will have magic, puzzles and games for all with cake, etc.

Remembering Martin Gardner and Raymond Smullyan,logic, polyhedra, generative art, mathematical art, random art… We will also browse through 1000 contributions to Wolfram Demonstrations Project created by Dr. Izidor Hafner.

Come join us on October 19th for an open event full of riddles, puzzles, brainteasers and magic. If you have a particularly difficult or unsolvable puzzle – we want to hear about it!

Puzzles
Juegos de Ingenio
Charlas participativas

Each year we entertain and delight elementary, junior high, and high school students at BCS with the joy of mental and geometrical math. By Mobius strip puzzles, hexaflexagons, or a Fibonacci series, students are stimulated and encouraged to see the value and possibilities of math. This year the chemistry students will be leading the elementary segment of our celebration.

Make your own Hexaflexagon, Dragon Curve or Mobius Surprise. Build a tiny world and watch it grow and evolve in Conway’s Game of Life. Solve one of a large selection of intriguing puzzles. Challenge a robot in a game of strategy.
Know a great game, puzzle, magic trick or some other thing that will blow everyone’s mind? Contact Dr. Anna Engelsone (anna.engelsone@maryvillecollege.edu) and become part of the celebration.
Celebration of Mind events are held all over the world on October 21 to honor the writer, magician and “recreational mathematics” pioneer Martin Gardner. People of all ages come together in the spirit of fun and curiosity to celebrate puzzles, games, math, magic and more.

October 21-22, 2017–Two days of puzzle solving at Ye Olde Gamery, our puzzle pavilion at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. Visitors and customers will learn about Martin Gardner and receive souvenirs about our work inspired by Martin’s writings.

As part of Maths Week, we will hold a Celebration of Mind events in the Ulster Museum Belfast, from 11 am to 4pm Saturday Oct 21st. Join the Maths Week team for puzzles, games, magic fun for all the family.

Andrea Gilbert ; Chris Maslanka invite you to a fantastic day sharing interesting puzzles, maths, magic ; science.

Description:Our Celebration of Mind will feature Hexaflexagons and other fun mathematical diversions, with our main presenter Dr. Susan Goldstine of St. Mary’s College. This will be a hands-on workshop in which participants will be able to create their own flexagons (mathematically inspired folded paper toys). It is free and open to the public, and recommended for ages 11 to 111, with other ages also welcome.

The event will be Saturday, October 21 at 2pm in room 132, Schaefer Hall, on the St. Mary’s College of Maryland campus. Participants may park in any campus parking lot for this event, or in overflow parking on admissions field if necessary.

Parking link:http://www.smcm.edu/about/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/2016/07/smcm-campus-map.pdf

Play is a different learning strategy, join children playing! An afternoon dedicated to math games for fun and cheerfulness.

An intimate Celebration of Mind to mark Martin’s 103rd birthday.

Talks about puzzles, magic, math, music, origami and much more!!!

The Carthage College Psi Chi Honors Society and the Department of Psychological Science are pleased to present the 3rd annual Martin Gardner Celebration of Mind at Carthage.
Every year in late October, people around the world gather to honor the legacy of magician, mathematician, skeptic, puzzler, Lewis Carroll scholar, and science writer, Martin Gardner. This year’s Celebration of Mind will explore Spooky Science ; Skepticism, using magic, puzzles, and games to delight, instruct, and bring people together in a spirit of fun.
The event will begin with brief presentations on topics related to Martin Gardner’s spooky interests. This year’s speakers will include:
Magician, Peter Boie, discussing a skeptic’s perspective on seance magic.
Dr. Sara Jensen (Department of Mathematics), presenting mysterious mathematics.
Dr. Anthony Barnhart (Department of Psychological Science), speaking on the lurid history of research in parapsychology.
Jeff Wagg, curator of the College of Curiosity.
Following the presentations, attendees will be encouraged to enjoy some refreshments and interact with hands-on displays featuring illusions, recreational mathematics, magic, puzzles, and more. Afterwards, head over to the Student Union Auditorium to enjoy Peter Boie’s Summoning Spirits show!

On the evening of October 21st, a group of friends will gather to learn about Martin Gardner, explore some of his favorite puzzles, and share a few of their own favorites. Before the Event:
Please read the introductions to Martin Gardner here:http://www.gathering4gardner.org/who-was-martin-gardner/
And here:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/profile-of-martin-gardner/
Bring to the Event:
Your favorite puzzle, brainteaser, optical illusion, magic trick, or even clever word play. Anything Martin Gardner might have enjoyed.
Optional A dish, snack or dessert item to share. Bonus points for science/math themed (ex. Pi Pie)
The Plan:
Eat dinner!
Discuss Martin Gardner and his impact on the fields of: recreational mathematics, magic, skepticism, and science.
Try out Gardner-esque puzzles and activities (provided and led by Katie LaSeur).
Show ; Tell: Share your favorite puzzle, brainteaser, etc. with the group.
RSVP to Katie LaSeur: katie@g4gfoundation.org

Address: Archimedes Laboratory Project – Via Sivori 2/A, 16136 Genoa, Italy Email: contact@archimedes-lab.org Website: Archimedes-lab.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArchimedesLab

The event will consist of roughly 8 speakers, mathematicians or magicians, 15 minutes each.This year, as the past five years, it will likely take place at La Commune Libre d’Aligre, 3 rue d’Aligre, 75012 Paris (location still to be confirmed).

PT: Na sequencia dos encontros previos voltamos a convidar para mais uma Noite de Magia Com Calma.
O espaco Com Calma abre portas para se partilhar um pouco da arte da magia e ilusionismo.
Nesta edico teremos um espetaculo pelos artistasAdrien Lochon e Tiago Hirth. Depois da apresentaco havera espaco para magicarmos todos e conversarmos um pouco em estilo de tert√∫lia.
Synopse: Dois amantes da magia encontram-se numa cave junto a uma mesa. Contam-se historias que ambos conhecem. A mistica, as fabulas e as lendas dos seus herois est√£o palpaveis em tudo o que fazem. Com um jarro, um baralho e um bloco de notas passam por varios principios de magia. Desafiam-se e quem espeta, apenas pelo saborear do encanto de jogar com a mente.
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In the sequence of the almost regular meetings at the Com Calma for the Noite de Magia Com Calma the cultural association opens its doors yet again for a night of ilusionism and magic.
This time we’ll have a joined show by artists Adrien Lochon and Tiago Hirth. After which we’ll have a joined discussion and exchange on the arts of magic and celebration of Martin Gardner’s Birthday.
Synopse: Two magicians sit at a table meeting in a cellar. They change tales and stories that both know. The mystic, the fables the legends of their heroes are palpable and ever present. With a jar, a deck, a notebook they visit several principles of magic. They defy themselves and who watches for the taste of fun and amazement on its own.

Math, puzzles and magic for K-8 students and their families. Mechanical puzzle displays, brainteasers, recreational math exhibits and demonstrations including hexaflexagons, mobius strips, optical illusions and impossible objects. Magic show by Chicago best magicians.

As part of Maths Week, we will host a Celebration of Mind event in the National Botanic Gardens Dublin Sunday Oct 22nd 11-4. Teaming up with their Halloween festival, the Maths Week team will bring puzzles, games, and some magic for all the family.

Informal gathering for people interesting in Puzzles, Math, Magic, and Art. Bring yourself and anything you want to share puzzles, magic, or interesting conversation.

Come and explore tessellations and tilings, including work from MC Escher and Penrose Tilings.
https://sites.google.com/view/bathtessellations

We will address the contents of the book by Martin Gardner “Smart Science Tricks” (2004) and analyze their intrinsics, impact and generation of wonder. Science students will be assigned the preparation of a selection of tricks, while scientist-magicians will contribute with other classic or novel tricks based in physical or chemical principles.

Theme: Mathematics is fun!

On previous years we have held our event in Bogota but this year we have decided to hold an event in a remote town about four hours from the capital. It is possible that an event in Bogota will also take place but this is still in the making.

Regular MathsJam – meet in the pub (Hall and Woodhouse in Bath) from 1930 to drink and try puzzles etc.

Fun tickling one’s braincells, exercising one’s mathematical memories, exchanging brain fluids (more hygienic than other fluids shared by humans) at the 3rd MathsJam to be held in Hertfordshire, UK. The newest MathsJam,, as far as I know, and thriving with a respectable membership list of members with very varying expertise and interest in maths or numbers (my particular passion). Open to all over 18s.

MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting. In Bletchley, we meet on the second-to-last Tuesday of every month from 7pm in the evening, and in October we’ll be meeting on 24th in the Eight Belles pub. Join us for a night of maths and Gardner fun!

MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting. In Newcastle, we meet on the second-to-last Tuesday of every month from 7pm in the evening, and in October we’ll be meeting on 24th in The Charles Grey (very top floor). Join us for a night of maths and Gardner fun!

MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting. In Manchester, we meet on the second-to-last Tuesday of every month from 7pm in the evening, and in October we’ll be meeting on 24th in Port Street Beer House. Join us for a night of maths and Gardner fun!

Our regular monthly MathsJam for October will have a ’Martin Gardner’ theme. Each month we share puzzles and chat over a few pizzas and drinks. Contact the convener if you plan to attend so we can book a big enough table. sydney@mathsjam.com

MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting. In Auckland we meet on the second-to-last Tuesday of every month from 7pm in the evening, and in October we’ll be meeting on 24th in Vulture’s Lane on Vulcan Lane. Join us for a night of maths and Gardner fun!

MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting. In Poole/Bournemouth/Dorset, we meet on the second-to-last Tuesday of every month from 7:30pm in the evening, and in October we’ll be meeting on 24th in The Cow, right next to Parkstone station. Join us for a night of maths and Gardner fun!

An evening of mathematical fascination and fun at the University of Northern Colorado. We invite you to join us for a guest speaker on an accessible mathematical topic of popular interest, followed by a festival of mathematical games, activities, puzzles and magic.
The talk will tentatively be in Ross Hall, and the festival on the second floor of the University Center.

MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting. In Lisbon, we’ll be meeting on Oct 25th in Ma Lingua Bar. Join us for a night of maths and Gardner fun!

As part of the Mathematical Association of America’s Distinguished Lecture series, Professor Dave Richeson of Dickinson College will speak on the topic of impossibility theorems. Full details can be found at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/maa-distinguished-lecture-series-celebration-of-mind-tickets-38294998371

presentazione libro “I giochi di Martin Gardner” a cura di Nando Gereonimi.
incontro con studenti delle scuole locali
Incontro con pubblico

I invite you to Celebrate Nelson Blachman’s birthday and your mind.

Nancy Blachman
Nelson’s daughter

1st Dulwich Hill-Marrickville (Dame Dixson’s Own) will be hosting a puzzle night.
– Solve a milk crate Soma cube
– Make your own puzzle (and take it home and torture your parents)
– Create modular origami
… and lots of other stuff

Work collaboratively on an interesting open ended problem.

We’ll read parts from a book, we have two lectures on recreational mathematics and a manipulative activity.

The idea to run a CoM event at GSU comes from the understanding and awareness of the need to popularize math. The aim of this project is to reach out to audiences who in principle reject math. Following the legacy of Gardner, we want to prove to them that math can be fun; in fact, math is fun. Magic tricks, puzzle, brainteasers, challenges, or even music shows can be used to kindle interest in math. Every magic tricks poses a problem and that is: how did the magician do it? That sense of awe before the magic trick can be transmuted into mathematical curiosity, and Martin Gardner left us many examples of how to achieve this.

Workshops by Mathemagician Prof. Colm Mulcahy:

3:00-3:45 PM High School
4:00-4:45 PM Elementary School
5:00-5:45 PM Middle School
HOST: South Gwinnet HS SPONSOR: GAGE (Gwinnett Alliance for Gifted Education)

There will also be tables with puzzles and activities during the three hours for anyone who comes.