a homeschooling blog about Simon, a young mathematician and programmer, and his little sister Neva. Visit https://simontiger.com
In this video, Simon (a 9 year old mathematician and programmer) shares his views on what absolutely needs to change in the educational system and why self-directed learning works better … Continue reading What’s Wrong with Traditional School?
Simon was inspired by Matt Parker’s recent video about all the numbers on Numberphile and a Welch Labs video series about imaginary numbers (some of the design elements are borrowed … Continue reading Simon’s Real Numbers Diagram
These are just a couple of pages from Simon’s new book/ digital presentation on knot theory that he’s currently working on: I see him scavenging the internet in search of … Continue reading Simon working on a book about Knot Theory
This is the fourth video in Simon’s short series Infinities Driving You Mad. In this episode, Simon attempts to start to comprehend indescribable numbers. To Simon’s knowledge, no one has … Continue reading Infinities Driving You Mad. Part 4a: Indescribable Numbers
Just a typical evening scene from our home. Simon practicing Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel, Neva improvising a dance. Below is another recording of Simon playing the whole piece … Continue reading Home Concerts: Pachelbel
Simon’s general plan for his 2048 project: Link to the project in progress on GitHub: https://github.com/simon-tiger/2048 In this third part he shows how he changed the fonts, how that messed … Continue reading Building a 2048 Game. Part 3.
Simon opened up a genetic algorithm game he built about two years ago and made a fascinating discovery: one of the organisms seems to have become immortal! Simon has called … Continue reading Simon has created an “immortal” organism?
Some more beautiful pages (from January and February) I forgot to share:
An unbelievable experience Friday night, as we were on an Antwerp rooftop prepping to observe Uranus and Orion nebula through a telescope, Simon and I (and one more person next … Continue reading A Guest from Space
Simon shares his strategy to win a 2048 game. He has also worked out a general formula of what a maximum tile can be in any grid. For a 4 … Continue reading The Math Behind 2048
Simon had his first public performance in front of a large audience last Saturday (February 9, 2019): he spoke about his Times Tables Visualization project at the Processing Community Day … Continue reading Simon speaking at the Processing Community Day in Amsterdam
It’s official! Simon is going to be speaking at this event, his presentation (about his Times Tables Visualization project in Processing) is planned for the 15-o’clock block! The day … Continue reading Processing Community Day Amsterdam has published its program and Simon is in it!
Geeks out of the box 