From Standup Mathematician. This is my deep dive into the log(1 + 2 + 3) = log(1) + log(2) + log(3) log troll meme. I’m not going to link to any of the online discussions incase I accidentally encourage brigading. If you want to join in constructively, you can google them. Huge thanks to Jane…

From Standup Mathematician. Here is the original Fermat’s Library tweet. https://twitter.com/fermatslibrary/status/1052544515632959488 If you want 100% renewable energy: check out Bulb! https://bulb.co.uk/refer/mattp5449 We make Think Maths teaching resources to go with Stand-up Maths videos. For this one we have a cheat sheet to an algebraic proof. http://think-maths.co.uk/standupmaths-videos?yt-calculator-rectangles#calculator-rectangles Many people are asking for the gif. It’s available…

From Standup Mathematician. Thanks to Steve Mould for filming with me. Check out his “How viruses self assemble” video. https://youtu.be/3X6qEE2fHvE We have some free teaching resources for anyone who wants to make a large collaborative fractal! As well as complicated 3D ones we’ve made a new Think Maths “low-prep giant Sierpinski triangle” guide. http://think-maths.co.uk/standupmaths-videos?yt-PPT-fractals#PPT-fractals The…

From Standup Mathematician. See more James Grime over on Singing Banana. https://www.youtube.com/singingbanana He is also on some channel called Numberphile. http://bit.ly/grimevideos We have some teacher notes and activity resources for this video on Think Maths. See if your students can find a better graphical proof for the case of 4k than we did! Spoiler: there…

From Standup Mathematician. More on the GPS roll-over. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/12/current_gps_epoch_ends/ “In the Future the Modernized GPS Navigation (CNAV and MNAV) message has a 13-bit week number, which for all practical purposes solves this ambiguity” https://www.gps.gov/cgsic/meetings/2017/powers.pdf See me turn on my TomTom: https://www.patreon.com/posts/26065751 If you want to see more hilarious tales about roll-over errors then, well, READ…

From Standup Mathematician. Watch the whole lecture on the Ri channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JwEYamjXpA You can buy my book now! Get it from Maths Gear and I’ll totally sign it and stuff. https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/humble-pi But it is also available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Humble-Pi-Comedy-Maths-Errors/dp/0241360234/ref=sr_1_1?_encoding=UTF8&tag=stanupmath-21 Thanks to Paul Shepherd from the University of Bath https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/paul-shepherd CORRECTIONS – Nothing yet. Let me…

From Standup Mathematician. You can buy Hannah’s great book Hello World from loads of places: http://www.hannahfry.co.uk/helloworld Including signed copies on Maths Gear! https://mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/copy-of-signed-copy-of-hello-world My book Humble Pi is available signed on Maths Gear, as well as un-signed from all the usuals. SIGNED https://mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-a-comedy-of-maths-errors UNSIGNED https://www.amazon.co.uk/Humble-Pi-Comedy-Maths-Errors/dp/0241360234/ref=sr_1_1?_encoding=UTF8&tag=stanupmath-21 The history of Thomas Bayes. http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Bayes.html All about the theorem…

From Standup Mathematician. Thanks for everyone in the live Q+A! Here is the link to buy Humble Pi: https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/humble-pi-a-comedy-of-maths-errors Support me on patreon and I’ll make more videos: https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths Check me out at position number 1! https://www.thetimes.co.uk/magazine/culture/books-the-sunday-times-bestsellers-march-17-g2x7kjsxx Subscribe to my channel and I’ll do more live stuff! Thanks!

From Standup Mathematician. Join in the Superpermutation effort! The superpermutator google group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/superpermutators Watch the full song in all its 25-minute glory or download it from Bandcamp: https://youtu.be/n4WpyNMfQ2Q https://standupmaths.bandcamp.com/track/5906-superpermutation-by-greg-egan Details about the new superpermutation are on Greg Egan’s website, along with the midi file: http://www.gregegan.net/SCIENCE/Superpermutations/Superpermutations.html#NEWS2 Here is the sheet music if that is your kind…

From Standup Mathematician. http://wwwh.umble-pi.com You can buy my book now! UPDATE: We are out of beam books! Behind the scenes video is here: https://youtu.be/L_pWPM8T-kc Get it from Maths Gear and be guaranteed a signed first edition hard back. https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/humble-pi But it is also available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Humble-Pi-Comedy-Maths-Errors/dp/0241360234/ref=sr_1_1?_encoding=UTF8&tag=stanupmath-21 For teachers (or anyone who would like some…

From Standup Mathematician. http://wwwh.umble-pi.com You can buy my book now! Get it from Maths Gear and be guaranteed a signed first edition hard back. https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/humble-pi But it is also available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Humble-Pi-Comedy-Maths-Errors/dp/0241360234/ref=sr_1_1?_encoding=UTF8&tag=stanupmath-21 The “About the Null island at 0°0’0″ N 0°0’0″ E” post I showed is from the GeoGarage blog: http://blog.geogarage.com/2015/04/about-null-island-at-000-n-000-e.html LAPD crime map…

From Standup Mathematician. http://wwwh.umble-pi.com Please pre-order my book! It’s out 7 March 2019. Buy it from Maths Gear and be guaranteed a signed first edition hard back. https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/humble-pi But it is also available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Humble-Pi-Comedy-Maths-Errors/dp/0241360234/ref=sr_1_1?_encoding=UTF8&tag=stanupmath-21 More on the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center mistake: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/16/politics/maintenance-lapse-blamed-for-air-traffic-control-problem.html More on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner mistake:…

From Standup Mathematician. Thanks to the Cambridge Engineering Department for building the pendulum. http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/ Much appreciation to Maria Kettle and Cambridge Engineering Outreach for organising the day. http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/events-and-outreach/schools-and-community-outreach And Hugh was there. http://www2.eng.cam.ac.uk/~hemh1/ The Cambridge University Rifle Association were super helpful and let us take over their range for most of the day! Katherine Fleck…

From Standup Mathematician. wwwh.umble-pi.com Please pre-order my book! It’s out 7 March 2019. Buy it from Maths Gear and be guaranteed a signed first edition hard back. https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/humble-pi But it is also available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Humble-Pi-Comedy-Maths-Errors/dp/0241360234/ref=sr_1_1?_encoding=UTF8&tag=stanupmath-21 Huffington Post article about 3.49 proposal: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-obamacare-changes_us_5894d9f4e4b040613136d98a?jhf5gjzdv58tcsor “According to sources privy to HHS discussions with insurers, officials would argue…

From Standup Mathematician. Join in the Superpermutation effort! The best place to start is the google group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/superpermutators This is where Robin Houston does his real job: Flourish Data Visualisation http://flourish.studio James Grime’s video: Superpermutations – Numberphile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJGE4aEWc28 A lower bound on the length of the shortest superpattern Anonymous 4chan Poster, Robin Houston, Jay Pantone,…

From Standup Mathematician. Thirdsday was created (discovered?) by Jim Propp! Read his manifesto here: https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2018/12/31/introducing-thirdsday/ He’s @JimPropp on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JimPropp Here is James Tanton’s video “How to Fold or Split Things into Thirds”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8cD5NMOMcs Check out the Think Maths resources to help calculate the digits of a third! https://www.think-maths.co.uk/celebrating-thirdsday And Evelyn Lamb has done a…