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Inspired by Matt Parker’s video about the uniquely shaped building at 20 Fenchurch Street in London, Simon was very excited to visit this address. In the video below, made on the … Continue reading The skyscraper that set things on fire
For Simon and me, this book (“Infinite Lives of Maisie Day” by Christopher Edge) has probably been one of our most profound experiences of the year. We read it together, … Continue reading The Maisie Day
It’s my birthday today and Simon has calculated my age in bases 2-12, 16 and 20! In the video, he explains what my color is in hexadecimal (base 16), how … Continue reading Mom is 100111! And she is 33! And 124!
Simon has come up with a proof that Phi (the Golden Ratio) is an algebraic number (not transcendental). He proves it by showing that Phi can be the solution to … Continue reading Simon’s proof that Phi is not transcendental
We drew a line to mark how far the sea has pulled back between 17:30 and 21:00 o’clock. It’s amazing to observe the the Moon in action! We have read … Continue reading High and low tide
Simon shows his Times Tables Visualization in Processing (Java) and talks about how it’s connected to Mandelbrot Set. See the code with the README on GitHub: https://github.com/simon-tiger/times_tables View the full animation … Continue reading Simon’s Times Tables Visualization
What a blissful atmosphere at Maths Jam Antwerp yesterday, full of respect, encouragement and acceptance. It’s an international monthly meet-up taking place every second to last Tuesday of the month, … Continue reading Maths Jam in May
Simon has been watching a lot of Mathologer’s videos lately, mainly about Euler’s Number (e) and Pi. He is fascinated by the proofs Mathologer presented of why each number is … Continue reading The irrationality of Pi and e
Simon and Neva make a 3D projection of a Hypertetrahedron – one of the regular solids in 4D – using straws. Simon looks up the formula for the center of … Continue reading 4D Solids at our home!
Simon what is this, what are you making? – I was posh enough to make the tables of multiplications in base 12!
The fertility formula, to predict the population the following year: A fake number (called “Wau”) to imagine infinity (via Numberphile): Drawing a square root of 5 (via James Grime): Pebbling … Continue reading A new tour of Simon’s sketch book
Inspired by the videos by Matt Parker and James Grime: Simon also made the Borromean rings: And cubes (which Simon now uses to practice juggling!)
Geeks out of the box 