Matt Parker, the Glossary
Matthew Thomas Parker (born 22 December 1980) is an Australian recreational mathematician, author, comedian, YouTube personality and science communicator based in the United Kingdom.[1]
Table of Contents
52 relations: American Mathematical Society, BBC Four, BBC News, BBC Radio 4, Bec Hill, Brady Haran, Brian Cox (physicist), CBBC, Channel 4, Christopher Zeeman, COVID-19 pandemic, Department for Transport, Discovery Channel (British and Irish TV channel), Duncraig, Western Australia, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Godalming, Hannah Fry, Helen Arney, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Integer, James May, Joint Policy Board for Mathematics, Labrador Retriever, Little Professor, London Mathematical Society, Lucie Green, Mechanical engineering, Meteoric iron, Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People, Numberphile, Outrageous Acts of Science, Pelican (magazine), Penguin Books, Perth, Queen Mary University of London, Recreational mathematics, Robin Ince, Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Sky News, Square root, Stand-up comedy, Steve Mould, The Guardian, The Infinite Monkey Cage, The Sunday Times, Timandra Harkness, Titration, Tom Scott (YouTuber), University of Western Australia, Vi Hart, ... Expand index (2 more) »
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American Mathematical Society
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, advocacy and other programs.
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BBC Four
BBC Four is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.
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Bec Hill
Rebecca Natani Hill is an Australian comedian, writer, presenter, actor, director, and YouTuber born in Adelaide who is now based in the UK.
Brady Haran
Brady John Haran (born 18 June 1976) is an Australian-British independent filmmaker and video journalist who produces educational videos and documentary films for his YouTube channels, the most notable being Computerphile and Numberphile. Matt Parker and Brady Haran are Australian YouTubers, Australian emigrants to England, educational and science YouTubers, mathematics popularizers and online edutainment.
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Brian Cox (physicist)
Brian Edward Cox (born 3 March 1968) is an English physicist and musician who is a professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester and the Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science.
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CBBC
CBBC is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC.
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.
Christopher Zeeman
Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman FRS (4 February 1925 – 13 February 2016), was a British mathematician, known for his work in geometric topology and singularity theory.
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COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
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Department for Transport
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Discovery Channel (British and Irish TV channel)
Discovery Channel (often referred to as simply Discovery) is a British pay television channel, operated by Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Duncraig, Western Australia
Duncraig is a northern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located north of Perth's central business district (CBD) between Marmion Avenue and Mitchell Freeway.
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger Williams Straus Jr. and John C. Farrar.
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Godalming
Godalming is a market town and civil parish in southwest Surrey, England, around southwest of central London.
Hannah Fry
Hannah Fry (born 21 February 1984) is a British academic, author and radio and television presenter. Matt Parker and Hannah Fry are mathematics popularizers.
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Helen Arney
Helen Arney is a British presenter, stand-up comedian and musician.
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Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) is the UK's chartered professional body for mathematicians and one of the UK's learned societies for mathematics (another being the London Mathematical Society).
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Integer
An integer is the number zero (0), a positive natural number (1, 2, 3,...), or the negation of a positive natural number (−1, −2, −3,...). The negations or additive inverses of the positive natural numbers are referred to as negative integers.
James May
James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963) is an English television presenter and journalist.
Joint Policy Board for Mathematics
The Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) consists of the American Mathematical Society, the American Statistical Association, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
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Labrador Retriever
The Labrador Retriever or simply Labrador is a British breed of retriever gun dog.
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Little Professor
The Little Professor is a backwards-functioning calculator designed for children ages 5 to 9.
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London Mathematical Society
The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is one of the United Kingdom's learned societies for mathematics (the others being the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), the Edinburgh Mathematical Society and the Operational Research Society (ORS).
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Lucie Green
Lucinda "Lucie" May Green (born c. 1975) is a British science communicator and solar physicist.
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Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement.
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Meteoric iron
Meteoric iron, sometimes meteoritic iron, is a native metal and early-universe protoplanetary-disk remnant found in meteorites and made from the elements iron and nickel, mainly in the form of the mineral phases kamacite and taenite.
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Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People is a Christmas stage show celebrating a view of science.
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Numberphile
Numberphile is an educational YouTube channel featuring videos that explore topics from a variety of fields of mathematics.
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Outrageous Acts of Science
Outrageous Acts of Science is a science program shown on Science Channel in the United States, featuring a fast-paced countdown of the top 20 internet videos in each episode.
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Pelican (magazine)
Pelican is the University of Western Australia's student magazine.
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Penguin Books
Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.
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Perth
Perth (Boorloo) is the capital city of Western Australia.
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public research university in Mile End, East London, England.
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Recreational mathematics
Recreational mathematics is mathematics carried out for recreation (entertainment) rather than as a strictly research- and application-based professional activity or as a part of a student's formal education.
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Robin Ince
Robin Ince (born 20 February 1969) is an English comedian, actor and writer.
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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic each, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each year since 1825.
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Sky News
Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation.
Square root
In mathematics, a square root of a number is a number such that y^2.
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Stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical acts.
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Steve Mould
Steve Mould (born 5 October 1978) is a British educational YouTuber, author, and science presenter who is most notable for making science-related educational videos on his YouTube channel. Matt Parker and Steve Mould are educational and science YouTubers and mathematics popularizers.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Infinite Monkey Cage
The Infinite Monkey Cage is a BBC Radio 4 comedy and popular science series.
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The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category.
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Timandra Harkness
Timandra Harkness is a British writer, presenter and comedian.
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Titration
Titration (also known as titrimetry and volumetric analysis) is a common laboratory method of quantitative chemical analysis to determine the concentration of an identified analyte (a substance to be analyzed).
Tom Scott (YouTuber)
Thomas Scott (born) is an English YouTuber and web developer. Matt Parker and Tom Scott (YouTuber) are comedy YouTubers, educational and science YouTubers and online edutainment.
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University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia.
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Vi Hart
Victoria "Vi" Hart (born 1988) is an American mathematician and YouTuber. Matt Parker and Vi Hart are mathematics popularizers and Recreational mathematicians.
Vlog
A vlog, also known as a video blog or video log, is a form of blog for which the medium is video.
YouTube
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.
See also
Online edutainment
- AppyStore
- Big Jet TV
- Brady Haran
- BrainCraft
- CGP Grey
- Cody Reeder
- Derek Muller
- Destin Sandlin
- Extra Credits
- GCFLearnFree.org
- Game Maker's Toolkit
- IClassical Academy
- Jake Roper
- Knowing Neurons
- Mark Rober
- Martyn Poliakoff
- Matt Parker
- Maxim Bilovitskiy
- Michael Stevens (YouTuber)
- MinutePhysics
- Social media in education
- Taras Kulakov
- Thug Notes
- Tom Scott (YouTuber)
- Wisecrack (company)
- You Suck At Photoshop (web series)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Parker
Also known as Grafting number, Matt Parker (comedian), Parker's Square, Stand-up Maths, Standupmaths, Standupmaths.com.