iMATHS
WONDERS BEYOND NUMBERS
Johnny Ball
We were so excited when TV
Presenter Johnny Ball came to our
50th birthday celebrations, shared
interesting ideas from his new
book - and got our party
started!
Johnny is famous
for popular TV
programmes such
as Think of a Number;
the fi rst to make Maths
entertaining. He also used to be
President of Potential Plus UK,
so we couldn’t wait for his ideas
for fun, family maths.
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Where, when and wh
at to see!
www.timeanddate.co
m/eclipse
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Precise animations
www.timeanddate.co
m/eclipse/lunar/2017
-august-7 and
www.timeanddate.co
m/eclipse/solar/2017
-august-21
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NASA explains the dif
ference between a pla
net
transit and a solar ecl
ipse
www.nasa.gov/featu
re/when-planets-trans
it
Johnny’s daug
hter
is Zoe Ball
from TV and ra
dio
Johnny watch
es Denise Ya
cutting our
tes
huge cake!
Wonders Beyond Numbers is
Johnny Ball’s chatty new book.
Using stories from his life, he
shows how maths breakthroughs
worldwide do in fact link together.
He hopes to spark a love of all
areas of maths as we notice
numbers, shapes and patterns in
the world around us.
Could you review
Wonders Beyond Numbers
for FUSE Winter 2017-2018?
Please email
[email protected]
Homeschooled maths winner!
13-year-old Luke Robitaille from Texas (USA) won the
2017 Raytheon Mathcounts National Competition
with his lightning-quick response to a probability
question...about chicks! It took Luke under a second
to smash the final challenge and win the huge
$20,000 college scholarship (roughly £15,500) plus
an amazing trip to Space Camp in Alabama!
Luke shows us all to keep patiently trying – he
finished 2 nd in 2016.
WEB TIP
www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/northeast- tarrant/article151156577.html
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