Talking Maths in Public
@tmip.bsky.social
A conference for maths communicators. Every two years in the UK. Next conference Aug 2025, Warwick University. More info: talkingmathsinpublic.uk
This thread of posts by 2025 MEGA Grant winner Christian Lawson-Perfect outlines the progress he's been making on the logistical challenge of creating giant tile stampers for the #BeachSpectres!
Christian Lawson-Perfect: "#BeachSpectres update 2: it's all joining togethe…" - Mathstodon
#BeachSpectres update 2: it's all joining together!
I've spent some time in Inkscape and worked out that I can cut up the monotile into just a few, repeating pieces. I hope I can get the joins to be strong enough.
https://media.aperiodical.com/beach-spectres-update-2
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October 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This thread of posts by 2025 MEGA Grant winner Christian Lawson-Perfect outlines the progress he's been making on the logistical challenge of creating giant tile stampers for the #BeachSpectres!
At the TMiP conference in August, we announced the winner of this year's MEGA Grant - Christian Lawson-Perfect will be creating beautiful aperiodic tilings in the sand, as part of the #BeachSpectres project. Christian's write-up is here: aperiodical.com/2025... More info at http://tmip.uk/mega-...
Let’s go to the beach and make an aperiodic tiling!
Somehow, I’ve been awarded the MEGA grant, from Matt Parker and Talking Maths in Public, for a ridiculous public maths project. I’d better get on that, then! My plan is to go to the bea…
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October 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
At the TMiP conference in August, we announced the winner of this year's MEGA Grant - Christian Lawson-Perfect will be creating beautiful aperiodic tilings in the sand, as part of the #BeachSpectres project. Christian's write-up is here: aperiodical.com/2025... More info at http://tmip.uk/mega-...
Did you know TMiP has a podcast? All episodes of series 1 of the TMiP podcast are still available to listen to, and series 2 will start recording in 2026. Find out more and how you can get involved at https://tmip.uk/podcast
October 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Did you know TMiP has a podcast? All episodes of series 1 of the TMiP podcast are still available to listen to, and series 2 will start recording in 2026. Find out more and how you can get involved at https://tmip.uk/podcast
Talking Maths in Public is the UK's network for people who communicate maths to the public in any format - writing, speaking, video making, podcasting and performing, and a bunch of other ways too. Find out more and join our network at https://tmip.uk
October 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Talking Maths in Public is the UK's network for people who communicate maths to the public in any format - writing, speaking, video making, podcasting and performing, and a bunch of other ways too. Find out more and join our network at https://tmip.uk
Did you know we have a podcast? All six episodes of the TMiP Podcast, featuring case studies, interviews and idea sharing from maths communicators in our network, are available to listen to at https://tmip.uk/podcast. The next series will be starting in 2026!
September 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Did you know we have a podcast? All six episodes of the TMiP Podcast, featuring case studies, interviews and idea sharing from maths communicators in our network, are available to listen to at https://tmip.uk/podcast. The next series will be starting in 2026!
Talking Maths in Public is a network for maths communicators in the UK and elsewhere, for sharing ideas, making contacts and raising standards in maths comm. Find out more, join our mailing list and chat community at talkingmathsinpublic.uk
September 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Talking Maths in Public is a network for maths communicators in the UK and elsewhere, for sharing ideas, making contacts and raising standards in maths comm. Find out more, join our mailing list and chat community at talkingmathsinpublic.uk
This month's #MathsAnimationTMiP deadline is 15th September - if you can make a video showing how to create an animation of a Hilbert curve being drawn, submit it for our playlist and share your approach! Info and submission link at tmip.uk/animation
September 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This month's #MathsAnimationTMiP deadline is 15th September - if you can make a video showing how to create an animation of a Hilbert curve being drawn, submit it for our playlist and share your approach! Info and submission link at tmip.uk/animation
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Thanks to everybody who took part in my #MathsInMuseums activity at #tmip25 this morning. Some people have sent me some of the ideas they had, and I'm hoping a few more will when they've recovered from the conference!
August 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Thanks to everybody who took part in my #MathsInMuseums activity at #tmip25 this morning. Some people have sent me some of the ideas they had, and I'm hoping a few more will when they've recovered from the conference!
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I'm home from #TMiP25. Was great to catch up with a lot of old faces and meet many new faces. I'm very very tired, but not the most tired I've ever been after working on an event with @steckl.es (see 24hourmaths.com)
24 Hour Maths
Fri 28th October 7pm BST to Sat 29th October 2022 7pm BST. Raising money for Beat Eating Disorders, the Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation, the Disasters Emergency Committee, and the Malala Fund.
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August 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I'm home from #TMiP25. Was great to catch up with a lot of old faces and meet many new faces. I'm very very tired, but not the most tired I've ever been after working on an event with @steckl.es (see 24hourmaths.com)
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Geometry, code & embroidery! Thank you @megjlow.bsky.social for a fantastic workshop at #tmip25!
#joyfulmaths #momentofmaths
#joyfulmaths #momentofmaths
August 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Geometry, code & embroidery! Thank you @megjlow.bsky.social for a fantastic workshop at #tmip25!
#joyfulmaths #momentofmaths
#joyfulmaths #momentofmaths
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This show was so much fun! Hard to believe it was only 2 years ago that I did a lightning talk at @tmip.bsky.social entitled 'Do you wanna be in a band with me?' Now I have a wonderful community of people who love making maths music (most not pictured here). More to come soon, online and in person.
We had an amazing time performing maths songs to a sold-out audience, to open the Talking Maths in Public @tmip.bsky.social conference last week. We couldn't have asked for a more welcoming audience for our first in-person show. There will hopefully be a few clips coming soon!
August 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This show was so much fun! Hard to believe it was only 2 years ago that I did a lightning talk at @tmip.bsky.social entitled 'Do you wanna be in a band with me?' Now I have a wonderful community of people who love making maths music (most not pictured here). More to come soon, online and in person.
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I've not been on here as much as I'd have liked lately - it turns out that being part of the @tmip.bsky.social committee becomes very full on and intense in the run up to and during the biennial conference. But #tmip25 is now done and dusted, so allow me to share a couple of highlights...
August 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I've not been on here as much as I'd have liked lately - it turns out that being part of the @tmip.bsky.social committee becomes very full on and intense in the run up to and during the biennial conference. But #tmip25 is now done and dusted, so allow me to share a couple of highlights...
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Had a great time at #TMiP25 on Thursday and Friday: met some old friends for the first time, caught up with others and even spoke with a couple of people I didn't know previously. Oh, and there were talks and stuff too.
August 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Had a great time at #TMiP25 on Thursday and Friday: met some old friends for the first time, caught up with others and even spoke with a couple of people I didn't know previously. Oh, and there were talks and stuff too.
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Beaded Archimedean Solids!!!
I had lots of fun over the past two weeks making these for the pigeonholes at the TMiP conference.
[Each n-regular graph has an n-colouring and there's a pair of colours on each one which form a Hamiltonian cycle.]
#TMiP25 #MathsArt #MathArt #Polyhedra
I had lots of fun over the past two weeks making these for the pigeonholes at the TMiP conference.
[Each n-regular graph has an n-colouring and there's a pair of colours on each one which form a Hamiltonian cycle.]
#TMiP25 #MathsArt #MathArt #Polyhedra
August 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Beaded Archimedean Solids!!!
I had lots of fun over the past two weeks making these for the pigeonholes at the TMiP conference.
[Each n-regular graph has an n-colouring and there's a pair of colours on each one which form a Hamiltonian cycle.]
#TMiP25 #MathsArt #MathArt #Polyhedra
I had lots of fun over the past two weeks making these for the pigeonholes at the TMiP conference.
[Each n-regular graph has an n-colouring and there's a pair of colours on each one which form a Hamiltonian cycle.]
#TMiP25 #MathsArt #MathArt #Polyhedra
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My Brian is fired from another great Talking Maths in Public conference!
While I'm waiting for my train I'll see if I can post some coherent (if disordered) thoughts about the last couple of days spent at #tmip25.
In no particular order...
While I'm waiting for my train I'll see if I can post some coherent (if disordered) thoughts about the last couple of days spent at #tmip25.
In no particular order...
August 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My Brian is fired from another great Talking Maths in Public conference!
While I'm waiting for my train I'll see if I can post some coherent (if disordered) thoughts about the last couple of days spent at #tmip25.
In no particular order...
While I'm waiting for my train I'll see if I can post some coherent (if disordered) thoughts about the last couple of days spent at #tmip25.
In no particular order...
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I had a lovely time at @tmip.bsky.social this week! It was great to be part of this panel and reflect on my science communication career.
On Monday it will be officially one year since I went full time freelance 🥳
On Monday it will be officially one year since I went full time freelance 🥳
Then we'll have a panel on careers in maths comm with Dominique Sleet, @acescicomm.bsky.social and @pecnut.bsky.social. In the afternoon, attendees will choose from one of five skills workshops to pick up some new skills. #TMiP25
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August 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I had a lovely time at @tmip.bsky.social this week! It was great to be part of this panel and reflect on my science communication career.
On Monday it will be officially one year since I went full time freelance 🥳
On Monday it will be officially one year since I went full time freelance 🥳
Huge thanks again to our lovely sponsors for making it possible - thanks @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social for hosting, and @icms-edinburgh.bsky.social, @ima-maths.bsky.social, INI newton.ac.uk, MapleSoft.com and heilbronn.ac.uk for financial support with our event. #TMiP25
Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
The Isaac Newton Institute is a national and international visitor research institute. It runs research programmes on selected themes in mathematics and the mathematical sciences with applications over a wide range of science and technology.
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August 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Huge thanks again to our lovely sponsors for making it possible - thanks @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social for hosting, and @icms-edinburgh.bsky.social, @ima-maths.bsky.social, INI newton.ac.uk, MapleSoft.com and heilbronn.ac.uk for financial support with our event. #TMiP25
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August 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Kenilworth Books is a lovely shop. The team ran a very popular book stall at the Talking Maths in Public conference over the last couple of days, and were so nice. It was a real pleasure to work with them. #tmip25
In Kenilworth in Warwickshire, there is an independent bookshop called Kenilworth Books. They just got in touch with me to say they have 3 copies of my book and can order more. I'd love to support them. Perhaps we could even find homes for more than 3? Here: www.kenilworthbooks.co.uk/next-day-boo...
August 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Kenilworth Books is a lovely shop. The team ran a very popular book stall at the Talking Maths in Public conference over the last couple of days, and were so nice. It was a real pleasure to work with them. #tmip25
Today's our final day of #TMiP25, with a morning of fun maths activities around the city, followed by a lunch buffet at Coventry Transport Museum. We hope everyone has enjoyed the conference, and thanks to everyone who made it happen!
August 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Today's our final day of #TMiP25, with a morning of fun maths activities around the city, followed by a lunch buffet at Coventry Transport Museum. We hope everyone has enjoyed the conference, and thanks to everyone who made it happen!
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Yesterday I saw a question here about mixed partial derivatives and it got me thinking about how a surface might or might not have d^2 f / dx dy = 0 if we rotate it. Today I saw these two ruled surfaces at #TMiP25 made by Laura Bradby. No such thing as coincidence in maths!
August 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Yesterday I saw a question here about mixed partial derivatives and it got me thinking about how a surface might or might not have d^2 f / dx dy = 0 if we rotate it. Today I saw these two ruled surfaces at #TMiP25 made by Laura Bradby. No such thing as coincidence in maths!
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Hope everyone else is having a great time at #tmip25. One thing I love is how much of the discussion on the hashtag is about the mathematical music last night, and the mathematical art on display - proof if it were needed that creativity and mathematics go hand in hand
August 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hope everyone else is having a great time at #tmip25. One thing I love is how much of the discussion on the hashtag is about the mathematical music last night, and the mathematical art on display - proof if it were needed that creativity and mathematics go hand in hand
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Excited to be part of the maths art exhibition at Talking Maths in Public at the University of Warwick!! 🧶 🧮 #MathSky #embroidery #handembroidery #TMiP2025 #TMiP25
August 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Excited to be part of the maths art exhibition at Talking Maths in Public at the University of Warwick!! 🧶 🧮 #MathSky #embroidery #handembroidery #TMiP2025 #TMiP25
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