The date: 1970s. The location: Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt, Northern Ireland. The action: a mathematics lesson. The talent: a young Philip Maini. The story so far: a long explanation of an oscillating pendulum...
The latest in our series ' When did you know it was Maths', stories of mathematical epiphanies and gradual dawns from our students and researchers as they describe how they came to be mathematicians. You can watch more in the series via our YouTube Channel along with over 80 student lectures and many public lectures.