In case you weren’t already excited enough about Matt Parker’s Domino Computer (see: Math/Maths Episode 112, and articles on this website), the Manchester Science Festival blog has posted an official press release about the event, including photos of the domino assembly team lying around on the floor (none of us are professional models, but we did…
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Math/Maths 112: Matt Parker’s Domino Computer
A new episode of the Math/Maths Podcast has been released. A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke to Matt Parker about the inner workings of his Domino Computer for the Manchester Science Festival; and they spoke to each other about: The claimed proof of the…
Matt Parker needs help building a domino computer
Friend-in-good-standing of The Aperiodical, Matt Parker, has something big planned for Manchester Science Festival and he needs your help. Matt is trying to build a computer out of dominoes.
Matt Parker’s writing a book!
The Bookseller have announced that Penguin Press have bought the rights to a book by Matt Parker. Things To Make And Do In The Fourth Dimension is pitched as an alternative maths lesson, with activities and thought experiments helping people go beyond the classroom to make calculators out of dominoes and see what soap bubbles…
Matt Parker’s Twitter Puzzle – 3rd June
Matt Parker (@standupmaths on Twitter) has tweeted the following Maths Puzzle, in light of the forthcoming transit of Venus: If you’re bored: Venus orbits the Sun in 224.70069 days while the Earth takes 365.242199. Ish. Feel free to work out how often it overtakes. — Matt Parker (@standupmaths) June 3, 2012 No spoilers in the comments!…
Matt Parker’s Twitter Puzzle: 25th May
Matt Parker (@standupmaths on Twitter) has tweeted the following Maths Puzzle, to wake you up: Friday morning #MathsPuzzle! If you start the Fibonacci sequence 2,1 instead of 1,1 do you get more or fewer primes? (Check the first ten.) — Matt Parker (@standupmaths) May 25, 2012 No spoilers in the comments! Send your replies to…
Matt Parker’s maths problem page in The Telegraph
Matt’s latest set of puzzles, as part of the Make Britain Count campaign, are online at The Telegraph. This round of puzzles is all about factors, and there have been previous puzzle sets about consecutive numbers and prime numbers.