{"id":847,"date":"2011-04-04T12:43:15","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T12:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/?p=847"},"modified":"2011-04-04T15:57:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T15:57:21","slug":"the-maths-in-the-city-competition-is-open-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/04\/04\/the-maths-in-the-city-competition-is-open-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The Maths in the City competition is open today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join Marcus du Sautoy on a mathematical adventure in the city. Enter our competition and you could win great prizes including a subscription to Nature and even naming a mathematical object.<\/p>\n<p>Open to all ages, competition entries need to show:<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 an interesting example of maths in the urban environment, or<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a clear explanation of some maths you see in your city, or<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a great way of demonstrating your mathematical idea on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Entries will become part of a virtual mathscape of cities around the world.\u00a0 And finalists will be invited showcase their entry at an event in Oxford and meet Marcus du Sautoy.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone is welcome to enter the competition, you can either enter individually or in a group, and the stories can come from any city in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Tell us your favourite stories of maths in the city by visiting <a title=\"Maths in the City\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mathsinthecity.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.mathsinthecity.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The competition runs until noon 3 May 2011.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_856\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_3998small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-856\" class=\"size-full wp-image-856 \" title=\"IMG_3998small\" src=\"http:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_3998small.jpg\" alt=\"Marcus du Sautoy points up and mathematicians look up\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_3998small.jpg 448w, https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_3998small-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marcus du Sautoy and his mathemagicians<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_3998.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Marcus du Sautoy on a mathematical adventure in the city. Enter our competition and you could win great prizes including a subscription to Nature and even naming a mathematical object. Open to all ages, competition entries need to show: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/04\/04\/the-maths-in-the-city-competition-is-open-today\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,4,78,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freebies","category-launches","category-maths-in-the-city","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":868,"href":"https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions\/868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}