a homeschooling blog about Simon, a young mathematician and programmer, and his little sister Neva. Visit https://simontiger.com
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
We were reading Steven Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, and Simon asked: “If the speed of light is the same relative to any body, is it the same relative … Continue reading What Does it Feel Like to Be Light? And Why the Infinity Tunnel is Actually Finite.
Simon has been dreaming to try creating the Steve Mould effect, or the chain fountain phenomenon, also known as the self-siphoning beads. It’s a counterintuitive physical phenomenon, almost a magic trick, that occurs … Continue reading The Steve Mould Effect
Monday was a chemistry day as we went to the post office to fetch our brand new delivery from the MEL Science subscription! We set a record of 6 chemistry … Continue reading MEL Chemistry Experiments: Flames and Minerals
An amazing visit to the Red Star Line Museum this weekend! It’s a museum telling the moving story of the exodus from Europe at the turn of the 20th century. … Continue reading Red Star Line Museum
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.
Some more beautiful pages (from January and February) I forgot to share:
Simon tried to predict the weight of some of his constructor pieces by calculating their approximate area. He later also successfully predicted the weight of a binder clip through calculating … Continue reading Predicting weight by calculating area or center of gravity
Inspired by the ActionLab channel, Simon and his sister Neva have developed this interesting tool below that helps understand how human lungs and diaphragm work: the plastic bottle has a … Continue reading Physics Experiments: Human Lung Simulation
This is a remake of a Veritasium video, Simon and Neva attempt to suck up a 6 meter long (6mm thick) straw.
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
Geeks out of the box 