Famous Mathematician Poster Competition www mathscareers org uk

Famous Mathematician Poster Competition www. mathscareers. org. uk

“A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas” G. H. Hardy, British Mathematician Did you recognise any of the mathematicians on the previous slide? Try our quiz at the end…

INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR FAMOUS MATHEMATICIAN POSTER 1. Choose ONE famous mathematician to make a poster about, pick someone who you find interesting and want to tell other people about.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR FAMOUS MATHEMATICIAN POSTER 2. Choose A 4 size – you can use a computer, draw it by hand or use a mixture of methods.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR FAMOUS MATHEMATICIAN POSTER 3. Make sure your poster is a poster – it should look good as well as being informative.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR FAMOUS MATHEMATICIAN POSTER 4. Make sure you show why your mathematician is interesting. (Listing facts with no explanation can be boring!)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR FAMOUS MATHEMATICIAN POSTER 5. Make sure it is all your own work – no copy and pasting text. If you download an image of the mathematician, provide a credit/link for the photo. (Or you may want to draw them. )

INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR FAMOUS MATHEMATICIAN POSTER 6. Do your best – you could win an Android tablet!

Can you guess who they are? 1 5 2 6 4 3 10 7 8 9 www. mathscareers. org. uk

ANSWERS ON THE NEXT SLIDE….

John Urschel; 5: Katherine Johnson; 6: Florence Nightingale; 7: Alan Turing; 8: Ada Lovelace; 9: Maryam Mirzakhani; 10: Terence Tao 1 5 2 6 4 3 10 7 8 9 www. mathscareers. org. uk

Important Message… Don’t just type ‘Famous Mathematician’ into google and pick the top suggestion. Pick someone who interests you. Your entry is more likely to stand out if you have chosen someone who you are really interested in. There are plenty of mathematicians who are doing exciting things and are still alive, or are part of modern history. Tell the judges on your poster what makes your mathematician really interesting!

How to submit your poster – go to mathscareers. org. uk/competition Most pupils submit via their teacher, but you can also enter as an individual.

And if you would like to see some current mathematicians who are on the Council of the Institute of mathematics and its applications… https: //ima. org. uk/roles/counc il There is also an Early Career Mathematicans Committee… [they could be less than 10 years older than you…] https: //ima. org. uk/roles/early-career-mathematicianscommittee