{"id":196,"date":"2015-12-04T10:35:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T10:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/?p=196"},"modified":"2019-01-09T15:15:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T15:15:21","slug":"196","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/196\/","title":{"rendered":"SMSAS at the Science Museum November 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Science<\/a><\/p>\n

The London Mathematical Society (LMS) celebrated its 150th anniversary\u00a0in 2015\u00a0and we have been marking the occasion in a number of ways. Our most recent, and certainly our most public, event was held at the Science Museum in London in November.<\/p>\n

A number of the School’s Outreach team were on hand throughout the weekend at the end of November as part of the museum’s What’s Your Angle?<\/strong> event. This event gave visitors the opportunity to discover how mathematics relates to everyday life.<\/p>\n

Our demonstrations explored two key areas of research, the first being the dynamics and properties of waves and the second looking at vortices and Skyrmions.<\/p>\n

There were interactive activities to engage the public with the School’s research in solitons <\/strong>as they went undercover at Coral Beach Surf School.\u00a0Solitons are a unique type of wave and a specialism of many mathematics lecturers at Kent. These waves can travel for great distances without slowing down or changing their shape. Visitors made waves collide in a 3m luminous water tank, created colourful whirlpools in a\u00a0bottle, observed\u00a0playful dolphins\u00a0making bubble rings\u00a0underwater and\u00a0shot smoke rings from a vapour gun. These phenomena are all example of solitons, and\u00a0participants\u00a0enjoyed experiencing them in a hands-on way. After their visit to our cube, the\u00a0undercover journalists\u00a0reported on our research. \u00a0 The team from SMSAS appreciated the opportunity to pitch their research to such a broad audience ranging from school children to academics.\u00a0The combination of art and mathematics gave it a new twist, bringing maths to life in an engaging way.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smsas\/outreach\/LMS.html<\/a><\/p>\n

There are more pictures of the event here:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/vzq1wkwi3qhpusc\/AABrQagoZGB2Q3SAGSRY-2QMa?dl=0<\/a><\/p>\n

(Courtesy of the Science Museum<\/em>)<\/p>\n