Irredeemably, y'say?

Well that sounds like a challenge..
Tell you what. How about this one as a start. A glorious and ingenious way to keep cake tasting delicious thanks to maths:

Cake's not your thing? No problem! How about the mathematical way to guarantee a fix to a wobbly table?

Oh I know! You could make yourself a hexaflexagon to help you through those long school days.

Or find the secrets to beating your family at Monopoly?

Or an extremely cool trick you can do with paper.

Okay okay. How about this. You could spend 23 minutes having your mind blown apart as you consider the concept of infinity.
Or learn from one of the world's best why exponential growth of epidemics is so relentlessly terrifying.

Or, if you're still REALLY struggling, you can always watch my old talk on the Maths of Love if you want.

You never know. In amongst all of that, you might just find a tiny bit more love for mathematics. 🤞❤️

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2 Mar 20
In a strange twist of fate, it seems the first coronavirus patient to be infected in the UK is from Haslemere -the very place we used for our 2018 citizen science experiment: the BBC Pandemic.

Here's a news piece from the time. Bit close to home, huh.

telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
It's an extraordinary coincidence. But for me, the most powerful bit of the original tv prog was this:

This is our 2018 simulation of the difference that everyone washing their hands 5-10 times a day might make to the spread of a flu-like virus.

See how much time it buys us?
That simulation is based on real data from tens of thousands of people who volunteered to be part of our experiment, using mobile phones to see how pandemics might spread.

The project was a huge undertaking by a team led by Julia Gog @Cambridge_Uni & @AdamJKucharski at @LSHTM
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28 Jan 20
Last week, the lovely folk at National Grid showed me around their amazing underground tunnels.

Lots of pics of the trip over on my Insta, but for you Twitter - the One True Kingdom of the nerds - I've got something much more exciting.

BECAUSE THEY ALSO SHOWED ME THEIR DATA.
@nationalgriduk Okay okay okay. Let's start with a good one.

Ever heard about the electricity surge at the end of a popular tv show as we all stick on the kettle?

It's a uniquely British phenomenon and it's totally true. Here's the Britain's got talent final in 2005 as an example..
@nationalgriduk But so is the opposite. Sometimes there are big drop-offs in power too..

Ready for a game?
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8 Jan 20
There is BIG money involved in predicting the success of movies, books & music. Yet every decent past attempt to see into the future has failed.

Think about it. If it *was* possible would Cats be a thing??

Here, in 5 screenshots is a chunk on past attempts from my book. 1-3:
And 4-5:
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23 Nov 19
Over-hype in Ai: a thread. 1/8
Let's start with a story. Remember this one from last year? An algorithm that can tell if you're gay or straight from a single photo. It's a prospect that is both awesome and terrifying. 2/8

telegraph.co.uk/technology/201…
Especially when you realise that these things are getting it right 81% of the time.

Terrifying, right?

3/8
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