 |
| |
Floreat
Prescotia |
The
Website for former pupils of the Prescot
Grammar and Prescot Schools |
© The
Prescotian 2000 - 2010 |
|
|
|
| ....... |
| For many
pupils at Prescot Grammar School
fortunate enough to have been
taught by Warwick Evans, he was a
larger than life and inspiring
mathematician and teacher. Sadly,
Warwick passed away in the summer
of 2000 and his colleagues at
University College in Chichester
decided to remember his
mathematical life with a day of
celebration, advertised as an
opportunity to 'Enjoy a day of
mathematics, food, wine and music
with John Barrow, Afzal Ahmed,
Adrian Oldknow and friends'.
Accompanying music to this page
is 'Let the Good times Roll' as
featured in this commemorative
photograph of Warwick Evans at
the keyboards. |
 |
 |
|
Around
twenty five friends and
supprters, including past student
teachers, attended the
celebration and after a welcome
from Afzal Ahmed, a colleague at
UCC, Dr. John Barrow spoke of
Warwick as an 'Extra-ordinary and
enthusiastic person'. Dr.Barrow
is head of the Millenium Maths
Project and Warwick was his first
appointment to the MMP. In his
talk he outlined the areas in
which Warwick had been
interested, trying to answer a
fundamental question of whether
'We discover or invent maths',
under the title of 'The Joy of
(x)'. |
| Lunch was
provided in the College refectory
to the accompaniment of some of
Warwick's jazz favourites. The
afternoon session was led by
Adrian Oldknow, a former
colleague at UCC, who described
life sharing an office with
Warwick. He alluded to Warwick's
looks as being, on first sight
intimidating to many people, but
underneath the exterior man was a
most sensitive and considerate
man. One of Warwick's interests
was the use of ICT in maths and
especially in the field of
'modelling'. |
 |
 |
|
The
guests were then set a series of
modelling challenges and set
about them with gusto. The
challenges included mapping the
centre of gravity of a can of
lager as the beer inside is
consumed! Afzal Ahmed rounded off
the day with memories of Warwick,
who was obviously held in very
high regard as a mathematician,
teacher, colleague and, above
all, friend. |
|
|
|
