Simon talks about Boring Numbers
Inspired by a Numberphile video. It was Simon’s idea to record this on the go, it’s fun to watch him talk about math while making his way through the vibrant … Continue reading Simon talks about Boring Numbers
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Inspired by a Numberphile video. It was Simon’s idea to record this on the go, it’s fun to watch him talk about math while making his way through the vibrant … Continue reading Simon talks about Boring Numbers
Simon has been begging me to do this project together for days (fans of dodecahedrons that we are) and finally we made it – our own origami dodecoration! Simon learned this … Continue reading Dodecoration
Today is one of the most beautiful days in Simon’s life: NYU Associate Professor and the creator of Coding Train Daniel Shiffman has been Simon’s guarding angel, role model and … Continue reading Simon and Daniel Shiffman
Simon learned this from a Numberphile video. And the finished works:
Simon programmed this game a couple of weeks ago but I have waited to publish the video as I hoped he would finish it and get in on GitHub. Unfortunately … Continue reading Muredo in JavaScript
This experiment has been inspired by Matt Parker and his Stand Up Math channel. As one of our Pi day activities, Simon attempted to calculate Pi by weighing a circle. … Continue reading Calculating Pi by weighing circle and square
Simon learned this trick from a Numberphile video. He made mental log sticks himself. He first programmed the nets in JavaScript and printed them out, then filled in the grids by … Continue reading Mental Logs Trick
This video has been inspired by the wonderful Matt Parker and his video on the Stand Up Math channel: Yesterday was Pi day and we are still celebrating! Simon experiments … Continue reading Calculating Pi with a Pendulum