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Simon loved the Science Museum, even though he did not get to see the Klein Bottles from the museum’s permanent collection (none of them was on display). He particularly enjoyed … Continue reading The rest of the trip to London
Doing math everywhere. At the hotel: At The Tower of London: Trying to prove the Wallace Product at breakfast: Coming up with a “spot the mistake proof” at London St.Pancras … Continue reading Doing Math Everywhere
On the way to London: Simon watching the Coding Train on the train… And giving his sis an English lesson On the way back: doing maths under the table
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
Simon showing us catenaries made of soap, as he brings two plastic bands apart after dipping them in soapy water:
Playing chess in the park. A beautiful way to spend my birthday evening. The new Chinese chess set was a gift from Steven. To top it all off, Simon also … Continue reading Evening chess
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!
Completely on his own, without using any YouTube tutorials. (Says he applied parts of the same algorithm as he had learned for the 3 x 3 x 3 one).
Simon has started a little video series about the Irrationality of Square Roots. In Part 0, Simon talks about what square root of 2 is and in Part 1, he … Continue reading Irrationality of Square Roots
Simon saw a way to draw epitrochoids (gear rolling outside another gear) and hypotrochoids (gear rolling inside another gear) on VSauce: two equal circles rolling around each other form a … Continue reading Simon’s Spirograph
“Turning a Plane into a Sphere. Topologically it’s impossible I think” . And yesterday in bath: “Mom, these bath bombs deform topologically!”
Geeks out of the box 