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This summer, aged 9, Simon @simontigerh was named a World Science Scholar and joined a two-year program for the world’s most exceptional young math talents, as the youngest among the … Continue reading The Netherlands Chase Away Extreme Talent
As some of you may know, Simon is working on building a real-life 8-bit computer from scratch, guided by Ben Eater’s tutorials (it’s a huge project that may takes months). … Continue reading Simon trying to build a 8-bit computer in circuit simulators
While in Southern France, Simon really enjoyed solving this puzzle (he originally saw in a Brilliant.org vid). He was so happy with his solution he kept drawing it out on … Continue reading Simon having fun solving math puzzles on Twitter.
In reaction to Yuval Noah Harari’s book Homo Deus (the part about humans evolving to break out of the organic realm and possibly breaking out of planet Earth): When you cross the … Continue reading Simon on: Will we ever live in a pure mathematical world?
What do I love most about Simon’s learning style and being around him are the precious moments he pulls me out of my regular existence, sits me down next to … Continue reading My little pure connections to Simon, now 10 years old
In reaction to Yuval Noah Harari’s book Homo Deus (the paragraph about the a-mortals anxious about dying in an accident): With individual intelligences, you can have the car that’s driving … Continue reading Simon on collective intelligence
Simon was showing Dad a graph of how technology is developing exponentially, y = a^x. Dad asked for a specific value of a, and Simon said: “All exponentials are stretched … Continue reading Another evening tea
And it turned out to be a that little path next to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, not the Prime Meridian line. The 0° meridian is what the GPS uses … Continue reading We’ve found the real 0° meridian!
Hilarious, inspirational and loaded with cosmic coincidences, this was one of the best evenings ever! Many of our currently favourite themes were mentioned in the show (such as the controversy … Continue reading All Nerds Unite: Simon meets Steve Mould and Matt Parker in London
This is Simon’s introductory video for the World Science Scholars program (initiative of The World Science Festival). In May this year, Simon has been chosen as one of the 30 … Continue reading Simon introducing himself for the World Science Scholars program
Parts 1 and 2 in Simon’s new series showing him attempting to build an 8-bit computer from scratch, using the materials from Ben Eater’s Complete 8-bit breadboard computer kit bundle. … Continue reading Simon building an 8-bit Computer from scratch. Parts 1 & 2.
Simon writes: I have composed a piece of music based on the Fibonacci sequence, using modular arithmetic (I assigned numbers from 0-6, the remainders after ÷ by 7, to notes … Continue reading Simon’s Fibonacci Music Pesano Periods
Geeks out of the box 