The Webinar on Magic in the Math Country took place on Saturday, October 21st, 2023 from 2 pm until 3:30 pm, with Pedro Alegria, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Basque Country in Spain and science communicator, as our invited speaker. This virtual event was free and open to the general public.
The invited speaker performed several magic tricks based on math concepts that surprised the audience. Pedro Alegria highlighted Lewis Carroll and showed some Carrollian recreations like the calculator game and the coin that stretches. The speaker also focused on Martin Gardner and shared several Gardnerian dissections with four and five pieces and some Gardnerian surprises like the cylinder and its diameter.
