De MathShow
When you think of maths, do you think of formulas and boring calculations? Well, get ready to be surprised!
When you think of maths, do you think of formulas and boring calculations? Then get ready to be surprised! We’ll take you on a journey through a series of fascinating stories, paradoxes and insights that show just how surprising, elegant and sometimes downright incredible maths can be. Our programme includes, amongst other things: Why do you have to shuffle a pack of playing cards exactly eight times to make the order truly random? Not at all! The mysterious story of the Lychrel number: are there numbers that can never form a palindrome? The famous three-door problem, which really puts our intuition to the test. The marvellous curves of constant width: shapes that aren’t circles, yet are the same width everywhere. A warm welcome to a show in which maths turns out not to be boring, but surprising, elegant and, at times, downright magical. Aimed at anyone with a healthy sense of curiosity. You don’t need any in-depth prior knowledge of maths; a sense of wonder and a willingness to think along with us are all you need.
Translated from Dutch