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10000 YouTube Subscribers and Wisdom of the Crowds
8,959 views
QED Gold: Originally uploaded 12th June 2011
Competition is over I'm afraid, but you may still like to play.
Here's a photo of the jar: http://tumblr.com/xqt2yusc39
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Mon 31 Oct 2011
#12 Investigating the Wiener-Hopf technique: an interview with Dr Anastasia Kisil
240 views
In this episode of the podcast, Dan Aspel speaks to Dr Anastasia Kisil (Cambridge), co-organiser of the "Bringing pure and applied analysis together via the Wiener-Hopf technique,...
Collection: Living Proof - the Isaac Newton Institute podcast
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Fri 16 Aug 2019
#15 Talking maths in public: an interview with Matt Parker
202 views
Featuring maths communicator, YouTuber, author and stand-up comic Matt Parker.
Collection: Living Proof - the Isaac Newton Institute podcast
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Fri 20 Sep 2019
28 Minutes Later - The Maths of Zombies
8,722 views
So, to survive a zombie attack you need to run. In the long term we need a fortified society, but if the barricades fall we need to reduce the speed of infection, slow them down,...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Wed 26 Oct 2011
#34 Welcoming Ulrike Tillmann: a brief interview with INI’s new Director
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On Friday 1 October 2021 Professor Ulrike Tillmann was appointed Director of the Isaac Newton Institute. In this short episode we catch up with her one week into her tenure.
Collection: Living Proof - the Isaac Newton Institute podcast
Institution: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Created: Thu 14 Oct 2021
Benford's Law - How mathematics can detect fraud!
17,462 views
Benford's Law is a truly surprising fact about the frequency of numbers when studying data such as prices, populations, rivers, even street addresses. And if someone's accounts do...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Tue 16 Aug 2011
Can you crack the combination lock?
8,511 views
The sequence 11221 contains all 2-digit combinations using the numbers 1 and 2.
Can you find a sequence that contains all the 3-digit combinations using the numbers 1, 2, and...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Fri 16 Dec 2011
Can you crack the combination lock? - Solution
12,396 views
The sequence 11221 contains all 2-digit combinations using the numbers 1 and 2. A sequence such as that is called a De Bruijn sequence. I show you three methods to find such...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Sun 18 Dec 2011
Connect The Towns
11,437 views
What is the minimum distance to connect four towns?
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Thu 21 Jul 2011
Flipping 10 heads in a row
11,095 views
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Sun 4 Sep 2011
Flipping 10 heads in a row: Full video
12,156 views
Even unlikely events happen given enough opportunities.
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Sun 4 Sep 2011
Game of Nine
9,254 views
Here is a game for you to play and investigate. Is there a winning strategy?
Each player takes it in turns to pick a number, the first to pick three numbers that add up to 15...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Thu 8 Sep 2011
Game of Nine Solution
8,635 views
Solution to my 'Game of Nine' video: http://youtu.be/ue4Baa8Mhn8
Each player takes it in turns to pick a number, the first to pick three numbers that add up to 15 wins.
With...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Fri 16 Sep 2011
‘Good Will Hunting and the troubled genius’ and ‘Diffusion of the dead’
377 views
Listen to James Grime discuss troubled mathematics geniuses and Thomas Woolley on the maths of zombies. From ThinkCon at the Cambridge Science Festival 2013.
Collection: Cambridge Science Festival 2013
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 18 Mar 2013
Is there a place at the science-religion table for mathematics?
165 views
Research Seminar given by Prof. Doug Kindschi on 19 April 2016
Collection: Faraday Institute Lectures
Institution: Faraday Institute
Created: Thu 12 May 2016
Make a Post-it Note Dodecahedron!
10,709 views
How to make a Post-it Note Dodecahedron. Fun and beautiful! If you make one yourself send me the photo! Email address in the video.
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Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Fri 14 Oct 2011
Mathematics and the Beauty of God
249 views
Research Seminar given by Prof. David Watts, 24 October 2017
Collection: Faraday Institute Lectures
Institution: Faraday Institute
Created: Thu 9 Nov 2017
Maths Problem: Connect the towns solution (Motorway Problem)
15,814 views
What is the minimum amount of road needed to connect these four towns together? Known as the Motorway Problem or Steiner Problem. An experimental solution.
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Tue 16 Aug 2011
Maths Puzzle: Back to Black
9,259 views
I have a board that uses the numbers 1 to 90. I fill the board with Othello piece, they are black on one side and white on the other. All the pieces start black side up. First I...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Thu 19 Jan 2012
Maths Puzzle: Coins
8,088 views
QED Gold: Originally uploaded 31st January 2011.
Take a random pile of coins. If I tell you how many coins are heads and how many coins are tails, can you separate the pile...
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Institution: Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Created: Mon 20 Feb 2012