In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Alex, whose channel Another Roof covers higher-level maths topics he can’t necessarily cover with the school students he teaches.
Double Maths First Thing might just let them watch a video Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the love and joy of struggling with a puzzle until it finally breaks up into beautiful bits. This week, I’ve been looking at methods for how to board a…
Double Maths First Thing is halfway through Ouch to 5k. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy of doing maths. And this week, I’ve been doing some cool maths, looking at Oskar van Deventer’s Blocks puzzle and models of crowd movement. I’m also half-following the British &…
In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Henry Segerman, who uses his YouTube channel to share his mathematical making projects.
Back in 2008, Chaim Goodman-Strauss and Heidi Burgel, together with the late John Conway, wrote a book called The Symmetries of Things, which covered a range of topics around mathematical symmetry and the symmetries of geometric objects. Now the first two authors have a new book, The Magic Theorem, due for publication this week. We spoke…
Double Maths First Thing couldn’t possibly comment. Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread joy and delight in engaging with maths, for any reason or for none. I’ve made it back from rehearsal and am feeling a lot better (thanks for asking). (By the way, if you…
Double Maths First Thing could really do with a hot lemon and honey Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to shift this blooming cold before the weekend, when I’m meant to be in Peterborough to rehearse for the PRE show in August. Have I mentioned that previously? We’re…