National Math Festival
My friends at MSRI showed me these two nice videos giving a flavour of the recent National Math Festival held in Washington.
Wish I'd been there.
Thanks for 82,000
Just a short mea culpa from me.
In the last Numberphile video about 82,000, Dr James Grime recorded a little credit to Thomas Oléron Evans. I omitted it entirely by mistake but have since added it to the description.
Here's proof of James' acknowledgment! :)
Objectivity Fans at the Royal Society
More Objectivity fans at the Royal Society in what seems to be the growing craze of "white glove pilgrimages".
Keith tells me: "Here we have Objectivity fans Ti Jie Bo and Chua Jia Min from Singapore. They hopped off a plane from Stockholm this morning and came straight to the Royal Society for some quality glove time."
Knighthood at the Palace
Professor Martyn Poliakoff picked up his knighthood at Buckingham Palace today.
The investiture was performed by Prince Charles.
Outside the palace with his medal... Pic by The Prof's daughter!
During their brief chat, The Professor and Prince Charles spoke about green chemistry and The Professor's recent work on an anti-malarial drug.
The Prof wore his favourite periodic table tie.
Lunch afterwards at the RSC
Hello Internet Baby
As promised in episode 39 of Hello Internet, here's the email from listener Anne-Lise... Pic not included!
Dear Brady, Dear CGPGrey,
You were wondering in your last episode who has the time to listen to podcasts. Here is a possible answer: scientists on maternity leave!
In the last weeks of my pregnancy I finally had the time to listen to all your episodes. Your conversations replace very well the stimulating exchanges I would normally have at work during the coffee break.
Your last episode was also a great help in the delivery room (see picture). You managed to make me laugh at a time when my husband was too stressed and tired to provide distraction. I recommend your podcast and video to all my friends, especially young parents at home who crave so much intelligent entertainment.
Thank you for your great work on youtube, both of you make fantastic videos and complement each other perfectly, with your different styles. Like real soulmates :)
Cheers,
Anne-Lise
POST SCRIPT: It was a boy named Hugo!
National Donut Day
So apparently National Doughnut Day is a thing.
I dug these from the archive (in fact, I uploaded the Nash videos this week!)
Little Bear
Audrey's favourite toy is Little Bear (followed by Hippo, Big Bear and Sophie).
But today Little Bear suffered a setback.
I marked the sad event by uploading this video of happier times!