FOUR
DIMENSIONAL MATHS:
HINGS
TO SEE AND HEAR IN THE
FOURTH DIMENSION - WITH MATT PARKER
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Matt
Parker, comedian and mathematician, shows how four-dimensional shapes appear in
a 3D world in this hands-on talk, featuring what is possibly the world's
nerdiest knitted hat!
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Discover
how to make love hearts from Mobius strips, 4D frames from drinking straws and
pipe-cleaners, and other maths tricks in this entertaining talk by Matt Parker.
Matt explains how to know when someone's throwing a 4D cubes at you and also
what happens when your mum knits a three dimensional shadow of a four
dimensional donut - to wear on your head, in this fun talk on the challenges of
visualising the fourth dimension.
Matt
Parker was an Australian school teacher before he moved to London where he
works as a stand-up comedian and a maths communicator. He writes books, appears
on radio programmes and TV shows, contributes to newspapers, makes school
visits and gives live comedy shows.
This
event took place at the Royal Institution on Tuesday 27 January 2015.
Grateful
thanks to MATT PARKER, THE ROYAL INSTITUTION and YouTube.
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