Two popular children’s authors will be visiting Cambridge University, to help the Isaac Newton Institute of Mathematical Sciences celebrate its 10th anniversary.

The Institute, which now forms part of the University's new Centre for Mathematical Sciences, is an international research institute which runs a range of programmes for visiting mathematicians.

As part of the birthday celebrations, Kjartan Poskitt, author of the Murderous maths series of books, and Rob Eastaway, author of Why do buses come in threes?, and How long is a piece of string? will be presenting two public events, on 29 June and 3 July, to introduce youngsters to the fun world of maths.

For older students, Professor John Barrow, of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, will be giving a public lecture entitled Our Universe and Others on 6 July.

Kjartan Poskitt will be presenting his popular interactive maths event on 29 June. Called Newton's Apple, the event will be a chance for young maths students aged from 11-16 to find out all about the wonderful world of Isaac Newton, the strange experiments he used to do, and the important things he found out.

Rob Eastaway's event, on 3 July, will look at some of the puzzles and riddles offered by studying mathematics, including "How many beans make five?", and "How long is a piece of string."

Sir John Kingman, Director of the Isaac Newton Institute said:

"We're delighted to be celebrating the Institute's success over the last 10 years and hope these three events will help to bring mathematics to a new generation."

The full programme is as follows:

29 June - 2pm-4pm
Newton's Apple
Kjartan Poskitt
Ages 11-16

3 July - 2.30pm-3.30pm
How Long is a Piece of String?
Rob Eastaway
Ages 8-11

6 July - 11am-12pm
Our Universe and Others
Professor John Barrow
Ages 16

All the events are free, but entry is by ticket only.
For ticket reservation please contact Sara Wilkinson on
Tel: 01223 335983, or
e-mail: s.wilkinson@newton.cam.ac.uk.

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