The dozenth episode of @reflectivemaths (Dave Gale in real life) and @icecolbeveridge (Colin Beveridge) chatting (and/or ranting) about the maths we've seen this month.
Colin gives blood and gets woozy; Dave tried it once
The big question: why is maths important? In which it's Dave's turn to get a touch of the Hansens, and Colin starts shilling for Teacher Training Tests For Dummies (available in all good bookshops soon)
Google threatens Colin for broadcasting material - such as Dave's and his own voices and the jingles he made
Misleading graphs and how @ampp3d is trying to do the Maths Police's job
Dave gets his students drunk1 and launches Dave's Human Competence GCSE
@njj4 (fellow new dad Nick Jackson) points out that gravitational forces of the planets when you're born are dwarfed by the gravitational effects of nearby medical staff
Some things we like in maths: difference of two squares, complex numbers, Euclid's proof of the primes
Colin shills for Teacher Training Tests For Dummies again, even though it's not out until the summer
Question to listeners: does sport science involve any game theory?
@christianp (Christian Perfect in real life) has created a MathsJam Voronoi diagram and we wonder if tessellations have to be regular, and how to communicate exactly how awesome that is to someone who doesn't like maths
@aap03102 (Chris Smith in real life) has a newsletter which asks how many factors $10!$ has
@sjsingh (Simon Singh) and his Simpsons' Mathematical Secrets
Dave's question from last time: it was 12 and a discussion of niceness in puzzles and the skill of spotting options; Colin shills a book that isn't for sale, but you can get by signing up for the Sum Comfort newsletter.
Colin's question, stolen from @jussumchick (Jo Sibley in real life): if you cut a circle of card into two sectors and fold them into cones, what angle gives the biggest total volume?
Colin doesn't get continued fractions. Any thoughts?
Intradepartment segregation at university (who teaches what?) and playing Doctors and Misters (congratulations, again, to Dr @peterrowlett), the mental health issues of doing doctorates and certificate mills
Next up: our anniversary episode! Send us nice comments and/or audio clips if you're so inclined!
Colin
Colin is a Weymouth maths tutor, author of several Maths For Dummies books and A-level maths guides. He started Flying Colours Maths in 2008.
He lives with an espresso pot and nothing to prove.
Enoyed listening to the latest episode guys!
My Twitter handle might be causing Dave consternation but I’m sticking with it…Thanks for another mention in WBU! If Google threaten you guys again I might suggest you pay them off twice. Although that might lead to “Two Rueful Bungs” (another anagram of WBU)….
notonlyahatrack
RT @icecolbeveridge: [FCM] Wrong, But Useful: Episode 12: http://t.co/UjWgC7nM4D
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reflectivemaths
NEW Wrong, But Useful: Episode 12: http://t.co/UDwf3LoBCS #mathchat #podcast
chaotic_system_
RT @reflectivemaths: NEW Wrong, But Useful: Episode 12: http://t.co/UDwf3LoBCS #mathchat #podcast
Chris Smith (@aap03102)
Enoyed listening to the latest episode guys!
My Twitter handle might be causing Dave consternation but I’m sticking with it…Thanks for another mention in WBU! If Google threaten you guys again I might suggest you pay them off twice. Although that might lead to “Two Rueful Bungs” (another anagram of WBU)….
srcav
superb episode of #wbu from.@icecolbeveridge and @reflectivemaths http://t.co/HjVxNo7nnw
snapey1979
via @srcav: superb #wbu from @icecolbeveridge & @reflectivemaths http://t.co/ms9nnb0XcJ -saw topic list & wanted to discuss nearly every one
srcav
RT @snapey1979: via @srcav: superb #wbu from @icecolbeveridge & @reflectivemaths http://t.co/ms9nnb0XcJ -saw topic list & wanted to discuss…
reflectivemaths
RT @srcav: superb episode of #wbu from.@icecolbeveridge and @reflectivemaths http://t.co/HjVxNo7nnw
icecolbeveridge
I may need to publicly apologise for the puzzle in this month’s Wrong, But Useful – I blame @JusSumChick entirely. http://t.co/FolzE2JYKQ
ColinTheMathmo
@icecolbeveridge Did you say that you don’t “get” continued fractions? Can I help?
JusSumChick
@icecolbeveridge Ha, I immediately pass the buck to @tombutton!
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notonlyahatrack
@icecolbeveridge I’ve got a nice(ish) solution for the volume of just 1 cone, but I’ve not made the second cone simplify yet. @JusSumChick
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icecolbeveridge
.@Desmos The puzzle is from http://t.co/FolzE2JYKQ , about cutting a circle into cones.
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