This event took place on 27th May 2009
Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University, Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Professor Paddy Farrington, Professor Jozef Siran, Professor Derek Richards & Professor Phil Rippon
Mathematics permeates our world and our interactions with it. These four lectures will illustrate the richness, diversity and relevance of the mathematical sciences, from the abstract realms of symmetry and fractal geometry to applications in quantum mechanics and epidemiology.
14.30 Tea/Coffee on Berrill Foyer
15.00 Opening Address by the Vice-Chancellor
15.10 Inaugural Lecture by Professor Paddy Farrington Sufficient statistics: on practical methods for accessible data
15.40 Inaugural Lecture by Professor Jozef Siran Symmetry in nature, science, and mathematics
16.10 Inaugural Lecture by Professor Derek Richards The inverse square force law: from Kepler to Schrödinger
16.40 Inaugural Lecture by Professor Phil Rippon ...and so ad infinitum 17.10 Vote of thanks by Professor David Brannan
Professor Paddy Farrington, Professor Jozef Siran, Professor Derek Richards & Professor Phil Rippon
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