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 (opens new window).

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May 4 at 2:00pm

Event time: 2:00PM - 2:45PM

2019 Festival: Mathical Reading with Wendy...

Tess, an 8th grader with a love of algebra, uses math metaphors to help her examine her world. How, she... Learn More→

Wendy Lichtman

Event time: 2:00PM - 2:45PM

2019 Festival: Safety Goggles Not Required:...

Computational modeling drives everything from making animation more art-directable, to experimenting with... Learn More→

Dr. Suzanne L. Weekes

Event time: 2:00PM - 2:45PM

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

May 4 at 3:15pm

Event time: 3:15PM - 4:00PM

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

Event time: 3:15PM - 4:00PM

2019 Festival: Impromptu Magic & Math (3:...

Learn Stunts to Dazzle your Friends and Family! Magician Mark Mitton will teach you magic tricks... Learn More→

Mark Mitton

Event time: 3:15PM - 4:00PM

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

Event time: 3:15PM - 4:00PM

2019 Festival: Mathical Reading with Dr....

Really Big Numbers... Learn More→

Dr. Richard Schwartz

Event time: 3:15PM - 4:00PM

2019 Festival: The Geometry of Chess (3:15pm...

The chessboard is an eight by eight grid. Despite the limited size of the board, there exist some... Learn More→

John Urschel

Event time: 3:15PM - 4:00PM

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

Event time: 3:15PM - 4:00PM

2019 Festival: The Power of Primes (3:15pm...

Prime numbers are the building blocks of arithmetic. But how do mathematicians think about primes? Come... Learn More→

Dr. Holly Krieger

May 4 at 11:45pm

Event time: 11:45PM - 12:10PM

2019 Festival: Chasing Patterns (Film...

A dreamy boy finds math in the world around him, in this 17-minute film by Monika Hennig. The film will be... Learn More→

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