Some brilliant ideas coming through. Thanks so much. Keep them coming.
I'll keep you all informed of progress.
Marcus.
On 6 Apr 2011, at 10:48, Marcus du Sautoy wrote:
> I have the chance to suggest a maths project to BBC Lab UK which we
> could run alongside the BBC2 TV series that I am currently filming
> called The Code.
>
> BBC Lab UK is a fantastic citizen science project getting people
> involved in doing real science. You can take a look at the sort of
> projects they've already done: http://www.bbc.co.uk/labuk/
>
> I wondered if anyone had some really good ideas for a project that
> would get people doing real mathematics. At it's best these
> experiments generate genuine new research. I think it is important
> that we find a project which doesn't just involve using someone's
> spare computer time like the GIMPS project. That's the computer
> doing the maths not the person. Something like the Galazy Zoo
> project where you need human eyes to classify galaxies is an
> excellent model because a computer can't do what humans can do.
>
> I think mathematics is a difficult nut to crack as far as a genuine
> citizen science project goes. Tim Gowers had an interesting attempt
> via his blog but I think he is the first to admit that ultimately it
> came down to a group of hard-core mathematicians who stayed the
> course. But it might be worth looking at his experience for ideas.
> Check out http://polymathprojects.org/ and http://gowers.wordpress.com/
>
> Anyway, any ideas people have that could get some maths being done
> on the BBC Lab UK site would be brilliant.
>
> Thanks
>
> Marcus.
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> Marcus du Sautoy
> Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and
> Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.
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