Clutching at Random Straws, Matt Parker | LMS Popular Lectures 2010
Did aliens help prehistoric Britons find the ancient Woolworths civilisation? And what does tying your shoelaces have to do with DNA? Matt Parker explores how seemingly incredible results can actually be meaningless random patterns. ========== The London Mathematical Society has, since 1865, been the UK's learned society for the advancement, dissemination and promotion of mathematical knowledge. Our mission is to advance mathematics through our members and the broader scientific community worldwide. For further information: ► Website: https://www.lms.ac.uk ► Events: https://www.lms.ac.uk/events ► Grants and Prizes: https://www.lms.ac.uk/grants-prizes ► Publications: https://www.lms.ac.uk/publications ► Membership: https://www.lms.ac.uk/membership Follow us: ► Twitter: / londmathsoc ► Facebook: / londonmathematicalsociety ► LinkedIn: / the-london-mathematical-society ► Youtube: @LondonMathematicalSociety
Toy models, Tadashi Tokieda | LMS Popular Lectures 2008
The Greatest Maths Mistakes | Matt Parker | Talks at Google
Can Adam Savage and Matt Parker Build …. THIS?
The Greenwich Meridian is in the wrong place
Matt Parker: An Attempt to Visualise Minimal Surfaces and Maximum Dimensions
This will teach you more about maths than school did (ft. Matt Parker)
How lucky is too lucky?: The Minecraft Speedrunning Dream Controversy Explained
A 28-year-old Steve Jobs gives a talk at the 1983 International Design Conference in Aspen
Don't Talk to the Police
Richard P. Feynman: Probability and Uncertainty; The Quantum Mechanical View of Nature
Complex Fibonacci Numbers?
We're 99.9% sure this pattern is true, but no one can prove it
Einstein's Amazing Theory of Gravity: Black Holes and Novel Ideas in Cosmology, Roger Penrose | LMS
Calculating pi from coin flips (without randomness)
QI Takes on Religion! Hilarious Panel Discussions & Reactions.
The Professor Who Taught People How To Think (1962)
Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension | Matt Parker | Talks at Google
When maths marketing goes wrong.
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