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Matt Parker – Standup Mathematician
- adito 8y agoSpeaking of which, this is my favorites skits from Matt's Youtube channel https://youtu.be/Bcr9-93wXng https://youtu.be/Bcr9-93wXng (Stand-up comedy about Equations That Correspond to Vortex Motions (aka "smoke rings”).).
- mjlee 8y agoGiven we've got Matt Parker and Excel on the front page at the same time, it feels like I have to recommend this video of both: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBX2QQHlQ_I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBX2QQHlQ_I
- antibland 8y agoIt's daring, but comes nowhere near the great spreadsheet comics of the past.
- fermienrico 8y agoEnjoyed this! Except the advertisement for his book in the middle of the show.
- abulman 8y agoI do enjoy his geeky humour, and the rest of the Festival of Spoken nerd's (@fotsn), and actually went to see him and others just a couple of weeks ago at @AEOUD. It was also the day before he posted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSSsZLTMDq0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSSsZLTMDq0 which explains how I was the 'Thirty-seventh' commentator - though you'll have to sort by newest comments and go down to at least the first couple of hundred comments to get that joke :)
- standupmaths 8y agoHello everyone. Didn’t expect to see myself here. I was so startled I made an account. Ah… you’ll probably enjoy my new book about maths mistakes. Check if your favourite programming error is in there! http://wwwh.umble-pi.com http://wwwh.umble-pi.com
- d2p 8y agoDid you use a "maths mistake" in HN to get yourself here? ;-)
- y4mi 8y agothat url is dangerous. it uses a strategy which is mainly utilized by phishing websites to mask the legitimacy of a fqdn. Its also http, so easily modified by hostile parties. imo a very poor idea considering how you ultimately end up on a shop. i know its just a 301 redirect vhost, but nonetheless...
- andrewshadura 8y agoHi Matt, great to see you here, I enjoyed your performance at freenode.live last year in Bristol.
- standupmaths 8y agoThanks! I enjoyed that evening in the museum. My spherical camera is still working as well.
- adito 8y agowait... you are on freenode irc network too or just attending the freenode.live event?
- standupmaths 8y agoSadly I was only hanging out at the live event (as the so-called “entertainment”).
- liftbigweights 8y agoI swear everyone who advertises here says the same thing. "Hello everyone. Didn’t expect to see myself here." followed by you can get my product here.
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- discobean 8y agoAlso recommend Numberphile YT channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxcjq-8xIDTYp3uz647V5A https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxcjq-8xIDTYp3uz647V5A that also has some cool stuff w/ Matt and others
- jedimastert 8y agoAlso check out his channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSju5G2aFaWMqn-_0YBtq5A https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSju5G2aFaWMqn-_0YBtq5A
- throwaway8521 8y agoMatt, what are your top recommended intro to proofs books for math beginners?
- standupmaths 8y agoFor a modern popular math book I would recommend The Man Who Loved Only Numbers (by Paul Hoffman) about the life Paul Erdős. Is a great intro to the life of a working mathematician and a bit about proof. The classic text is How To Solve It (by Georg Pólya). A bit antiquated but still good. Beyond that: find an introductory text book to a subject and start trying the worked examples!
- fjsolwmv 8y agoIsn't that a bit misleading because Erdos was a famously unusual mathematician personality/lifestyle? I think focusing on Erdos as an intro fetishizes mathematicians/mathematics.
- standupmaths 8y agoGood point but the book is very clear about how unusual Erdős was and talks about the lives of more normal mathematicians he worked with.
- throwaway8521 8y agoThanks for the recommendations!
- maroonblazer 8y agoYou'd recommend Polya over "How to Prove It" by Velleman? Polya's seems more about general problem-solving techniques, versus proofs.
- roel_v 8y agoIf you like nerd humor, you'll also like Standup Economist (standupeconomist.com)
- jobigoud 8y ago"There is only One True Parabola" https://youtu.be/hoh4TmPzu1w?t=70 https://youtu.be/hoh4TmPzu1w?t=70
- yantrams 8y agoI find the end bit even more amusing :) https://youtu.be/hoh4TmPzu1w?t=558 https://youtu.be/hoh4TmPzu1w?t=558
- kgwxd 8y agoHe does the best calculator unboxing videos. Very detailed and accurate: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKAINNfxIdYmFVKuk_F_cQq https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKAINNfxIdY...
- bberenberg 8y agoI'm not into math at all, stumbled upon his stuff a year ago, ended up marathoning his entire Youtube channel. Great presenter and entertainer.