USU mathematician Erin Beckman is featured speaker for Science Unwrapped Friday, March 22. She presents ‘Randomness and Chance: Push It to the Limit’ at 7 p.m. in the Eccles Science Learning Center on campus. All are welcome and admission is free. Photo courtesy of Utah State University.
LOGAN – The “Building on Basics” series is the theme of this year’s Utah State University Science Unwrapped season which this week presents “Randomness and Chance: Push It to the Limit.”
The event starts at 7 p.m. Friday March 22 in the Emert Auditorium of the Eccles Science Learning Center on campus, featuring USU mathematician Erin Beckman.
She said she will demonstrate simple examples of basic probability theorems to show a few places they appear in our everyday lives.
Probability theory is a branch of mathematics concerned with the analysis of random phenomena. The outcome of a random event cannot be determined before it occurs, but it may be any one of several possible outcomes. The actual outcome is considered to be determined by chance.
Within a week of the in-person event her talk will be recorded and posted on the Science Unwrapped website.
All ages are welcome and admission is free to this family-friendly event. Following Beckman’s presentation there will be hands-on learning activities along with refreshments.
USU’s College of Science has hosted Science Unwrapped since 2009.
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