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SUMMARY:John Wallis Workshop - Anybody who wishes to give a talk is most w
 elcome to.
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CONTACT:Simon Rawles
DESCRIPTION:Help judge a baking competition by eating cakes! Build recipro
 cating structures out of lollipop sticks but no glue! Find out what maths 
 was like in the 1650s!\n\nThe 23rd of November this year sees the 400th an
 niversary of the birth of John Wallis\, the Cambridge mathematician who de
 veloped infinitesimal calculus\, contributed to other mathematical fields\
 , and was Parliament’s chief cryptographer. His insomnia led him to deve
 lop astonishing skills in mental arithmetic and he published letters on mu
 sical theory. This year's Cambridge Lovelace hackathon is held in celebrat
 ion of his work. \n\nEverybody is very welcome to come and join in with us
  in exploring ideas from mathematics and related areas. Every year we come
  together to give talks\, hold discussions\, develop ideas\, make things\,
  program and test\, or just play games\, drink tea\, and socialise. This y
 ear\, Wallis gives us a lot to think about\, for example the idea of infin
 ity\, self-supporting structures\, or exploring cryptosystems\, linguistic
 s\nor music. Our website at http://www.cambridgelovelace.org/ lists a broa
 d range of suggested activities\, but in the spirit of a hackathon\, parti
 cipants are most welcome to bring and develop their own ideas based on the
 ir own interests and skills.\n\nSee you there!
LOCATION:MR3\,  Centre for Mathematical Sciences\, Wilberforce Road\, Camb
 ridge
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