The Webinar on Martin Gardner’s Hobbies took place on Friday, October 15th, 2021 from 12 pm until 1:30 pm, with the mathemagician Fernando Blasco, President of the Outreach Commission of the Spanish Mathematical Royal Society (RSME), as our invited speaker. This virtual event was free and open to the general public.
The invited speaker explained how to identify the day of the week that corresponds to a given date, described flexagons, shared the Hip Game, and presented on pentominoes. Fernando Blasco recommended the books in Spanish “Martin Gardner: Math Carnival,” “Gardner for Beginners,” “Gardner for Experts,” “Martin Gardner: Magical-Mathematical Festival” and many more. The speaker also commented on polycubes, the Moebius surprise and hobbies with numbers. This virtual event was co-organized with the Spanish Mathematical Royal Society (RSME).
