This is the web site for Roger Layton, currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
18 NOV 2015: I will be giving a TEDx talk in Johannesburg on 19 November 2015 on the topic of “Brain Surgery on Young Mathematical Minds”, and you can read more about it here.
I have a multi-dimensional (some say scattered) set of interests, and I address each with a passion. These including interests ranging from mathematics education, to turning museums into digital spaces, to redefining local economic to reduce poverty in rural areas, and to music.
- Mathematics Education : mathematics.co.za
- The Museum of Mathematics : muma.org.za
- Locanomics : a micro-theory of local economic development
- Software Development
- Museums and the Digital Heritage : ether.co.za
- Ondini Guest House: Champagne Castle in Drakensberg
- As a musician and composer
- As a writer – including my upcoming book on my travels to Machu Picchu
- As a family man: father, grandfather, husband