Going for Gold: the Mathematics of Sporting Glory - Amandine Aftalion

Series

Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures

Event date

25 Sep 2025

Event time

17:00 - 18:00

Event cost

Free

Venue

Mathematical Institute

Radcliffe Observatory Quarter

Woodstock Road

Oxford

OX2 6GG

Information for visitors with disabilities

Accessible

Target audience

Parents, Students, Teachers

Age range

Age 13-14 (year 9), Age 14-15 (year 10), Age 15-16 (year 11), Age 16-17 (year 12), Age 17-18 (year 13)

Booking

Required Book here

What is the best way to run to win a race? Why does a sprinter slow down before the finish line? Why do you swim better slightly underwater? Why, on a bike, the faster you go, the more stable you are?

Amandine Aftalion is a mathematician and a senior scientist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). She specialises in modelling based on low temperature physics alongside writing on a range of sports culminating in her book 'Be a Champion, 40 facts you didn't know about sports and science'.

Please email [email protected] to register to attend in person.

The lecture will be broadcast on the Oxford Mathematics YouTube Channel on Thursday 16 October at 5-6pm and any time after (no need to register for the online version).

The Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures are generously supported by XTX Markets.

Booking contacts

Dyrol Lumbard

01865615131

[email protected]

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