2019 Festival Schedule | National Math Festival
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2019 Festival Schedule

Thank you for joining us at the 2019 National Math Festival on Saturday, May 4th, 2019! A huge thank you to everyone who attended the National Math Festival events in Washington, DC and all the satellite events at science museums in 40 states around the U.S. We loved meeting you, learning about your math journeys and discoveries, playing games together, and celebrating the limitless power and joy of math as a community.

The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) and our collaborators at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) and the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) thank you for your support and contributions to making the day a wonderful success. Share your photos with us on social media using #2019NMF.

The 2019 Festival schedule is archived below. For updates about future National Math Festival events, subscribe to the Festival email newsletter.

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Presenter and kids looking at an ice core sample
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2019 Festival: Math, Ice Cores, and Planet...
Whatever your talents, and whatever your passions, you can use them to help our planet. This is especially... Learn More→
Dr. Mary Lou Zeeman
Dr. Mary Lou Zeeman
Illustration showing photos and symbols
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2019 Festival: Math, Music, History: 300 Years...
Would you cook dinner from a 300-year-old recipe book? Make clothes from a 300-year-old pattern? Undergo... Learn More→
Dr. Lillian Pierce
Dr. Lillian Pierce
Close-up photo of a sunflower
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2019 Festival: Mathematics for Human...
Some think of mathematics as cold, lifeless, and unemotional. But mathematics can be a hopeful vehicle for... Learn More→
Dr. Francis Su
Dr. Francis Su
Book cover for "Sheep Won't Sleep"
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2019 Festival: Mathical Reading with Judy Cox...
Judy Cox reads her award-winning book,... Learn More→
Judy Cox and book cover for "Sheep Won't Sleep"
Judy Cox
Closeup of Michaelangelo painting with the Hand of God
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2019 Festival: The Creativity Code: The Art of...
As a species, we have an extraordinary ability to create works of art that elevate, expand and transform... Learn More→
Dr. Marcus du Sautoy
Dr. Marcus du Sautoy
Illustration showing people voting
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2019 Festival: The Mathematics of Social...
This talk will explore the paradoxes and possibilities of the mathematics of voting, which seeks to answer... Learn More→
Dr. Emily Riehl
Dr. Emily Riehl

Dice with "PREDICTION by the NUMBERS"
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2019 Festival: NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers...
From the glitz of casinos and TV game shows to the life-and-death stakes of storm forecasts and the flaws... Learn More→
Dice with "PREDICTION by the NUMBERS"

2019 Festival: NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers...

Illustration showing a braid woven together
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2019 Festival: A Fine Art of Problem Solving (...
How Mathematicians Use Braids to Save the Day, One Ribbon at a Time People all around the world... Learn More→
Nancy Scherich
Nancy Scherich
Two people holding hands with illustrated hearts all over
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2019 Festival: Math and Your Love Life (12:...
Suppose boys and girls in a school wish to date. Can we match-make so no couple breaks up? How does the... Learn More→
Dr. Annie Raymond
Dr. Annie Raymond
Presenter and kids looking at an ice core sample
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2019 Festival: Math, Ice Cores, and Planet...
Whatever your talents, and whatever your passions, you can use them to help our planet. This is especially... Learn More→
Dr. Mary Lou Zeeman
Dr. Mary Lou Zeeman
Book cover for “A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars”
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2019 Festival: Mathical Reading with Seth...
Join star-gazing author Seth Fishman as he dives into the humongous numbers that makes up the world. From... Learn More→
Seth Fishman and book cover of "A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars"
Seth Fishman
Illustration of a chess board with geometrical lines overlaid
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2019 Festival: The Geometry of Chess (12:45pm...
The chessboard is an eight by eight grid. Despite the limited size of the board, there exist some... Learn More→
John Urschel
John Urschel
Illustration showing a leaf over a background of prime numbers
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2019 Festival: The Power of Primes (12:45pm...
Prime numbers are the building blocks of arithmetic. But how do mathematicians think about primes? Come... Learn More→
Dr. Holly Krieger
Dr. Holly Krieger

Logo for the "We Are Mathematics" Video Competition
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2019 Festival: NSF We Are Mathematics Contest...
Ever wonder what it means to do research in mathematics? Ever questioned what you can do with the things... Learn More→
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Science Foundation (NSF)

Young woman walking with a shoulder bag on a dirt road in the desert
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2019 Festival “Navajo Math Circles” and Other...
Join MSRI host Dr. Hélène Barcelo as she introduces three film trailers for recent... Learn More→
Young woman walking with a shoulder bag on a dirt road in the desert

2019 Festival “Navajo Math Circles” and Other...
Illustration of two people discussing playing cards over the phone
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2019 Festival: Cryptography: Secrets and Lies...
Can you play poker on the telephone with people you don’t trust? Amazingly, you can! Come find out how—the... Learn More→
Dr. Avi Wigderson
Dr. Avi Wigderson
Two dancers holding poses over a background of math symbols in a flow diagram
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2019 Festival: Dance of the Diagram
Dance of the Diagram, choreographed by Kyla Barkin and Aaron Selissen, will delight all viewers,... Learn More→
Photo showing a group of dancers on a stage
BARKIN/SELISSEN PROJECT
Illustration of interconnected data
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2019 Festival: Data Did That! (2:00pm showing...
From robots to Facebook, medicine, and shopping, data is a driving force in the world around us. How does... Learn More→
Dr. Amelia Taylor
Dr. Amelia Taylor
Illustration of a space ship
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2019 Festival: How Many Degrees are in a...
Who chose the number 360 for the count of degrees in a circle? Why that number? And why do mathematicians... Learn More→
Dr. James Tanton
Dr. James Tanton
Close-up photo of a sunflower
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2019 Festival: Mathematics for Human...
Some think of mathematics as cold, lifeless, and unemotional. But mathematics can be a hopeful vehicle for... Learn More→
Dr. Francis Su
Dr. Francis Su