#15 Talking maths in public: an interview with Matt Parker
Duration: 11 mins 46 secs
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| Description: | Featuring maths communicator, YouTuber, author and stand-up comic Matt Parker. |
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| Created: | 2019-09-20 16:11 | ||||
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| Collection: | Living Proof - the Isaac Newton Institute podcast | ||||
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||||
| Copyright: | Dan Aspel | ||||
| Language: | eng (English) | ||||
| Keywords: | isaac newton institute; mathemathics; matt parker; university of cambridge; stand up maths; | ||||
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| Abstract: | In this quickfire episode, Dan Aspel catches up with maths communicator Matt Parker (standupmaths.com). Topics touched upon include the "Talking Maths in Public" conference - which Matt presented at INI in August 2019 - the surge of maths communicators in the past decade, a career than ranges from authoring books to concocting YouTube videos to performing at the Edinburgh Fringe, to the essential need for "infectious enthusiasm".
00:00 – introductions 00:40 – “Talking Maths in Public” conference 01:45 – The growth of the maths communication community in the UK (“buzzing and varied”) 03:48 – Maths “needs a lot of good PR… it’s a *lot* more interesting than people appreciate” 05:38 – Favourite part(s) of being a maths communicator 07:15 –YouTube, impact and conveying the excitement of doing maths 09:13 – Energy as currency, the value of enthusiasm |
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