The Curious Incident of the Maths in the Stage-show: Part 1

[@ledermueller]

As a theatre Technical Director and fan of this channel, the video spoke to my life's work. I use maths everyday for drafting and engineering sets, but especially for finance and payroll. My calculator is never out of reach. Everything in this video is spot on. I skipped math at theatre school but tutored all my friends who were struggling and never expected to have to do trig. THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO!!

[@standupmaths]

+ledermueller My pleasure! You are the perfect audience for this.

[@aronthomas9594]

Matt, how could you recommend a Casio when its just a Gaxio clone?

[@aajjeee]

he's a Casio sellout, he just does it for money

[@keithgallagher1393]

Get back to Kripp's youtube

[@aajjeee]

keith gallagher we were born there, but we are spreading, fear us

[@berniemack4787]

Barnesrino Kripperino j

[@mastercontrol5000]

Next in Matt's series of trying to talk to people about math while they work: MacDonald's! "So, you're a cashier, eh? I suppose that involves quite a bit of **maths**, yeah?" "Yup."

[@Blitterbug]

Why the asterisks?

[@fredtyrrell6135]

when I saw this show, it was amazing other than one thing: every number 1 seat had a prime number cover on it

[@VicvicW]

I really enjoyed coming to see the Curious Coincidence of the Maths in the Daytime! Quite an honour to meet you Matt!

[@thomilo44]

I love this, seeing how design and engineering comes together. Not necessarily for the maths even, just the way a team can make things like flying cages work is amazing.

[@genius27641]

Matt with a cameraman? What is this madness?

[@standupmaths]

+Sabercy I know! I felt spoilt.

[@mysteryman7877]

Sabercy when a reply has more likes than the original comment.

[@calebmerritt8788]

"What program are you in?" "It's called AutoCAD." LOL

[@NoriMori1992]

Forgive my ignorance, but why is that funny?

[@EloiseL]

I saw this theatre production when it came to Edinburgh. It's great and I love finding out about all this maths behind it!

[@unvergebeneid]

Never read the book but the play was fantastic! I was particularly impressed by the stage, so it's great to see the person who's behind it :)

[@icedragon769]

Wow, that end screen, Matt is excellent at standing extremely still ;)

[@Gaget01Stuff]

The image is frozen

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

danny wansley I think the wink at the and of his comment means he's joking...

[@YourMJK]

icedragon769 Well, he is a "stand-up" so…

[@rewrose2838]

That part is just a still image

[@Gaget01Stuff]

when I commented, there was no wink

[@amanverasia]

Matt Parker you are the best mathematician ever, and you are my mentor man.

[@sechalmers16]

Nicely done on the prime number run times.

[@rewrose2838]

Hey Matt , where's the _'sitdownmaths'_ at?

[@whitherwhence]

No, sitdownARTS

[@TheUnlocked]

art uses math.

[@whitherwhence]

Unlocked Find me a more appropriate opposite to maths and I'll accept your reply

[@TheUnlocked]

The Doctor. simply The Doctor. fantasy usually doesn't pay attention to math.

[@whitherwhence]

Unlocked One might say fantasy is a form of art

[@YOM2_UB]

15:46 I'm pretty sure that's the exact same model calculator I use. I can say, it is a pretty darn good calculator.

[@JBLewis]

This was a different sort of video for you, more of an interview than a peer to peer conversation

[@standupmaths]

+JB “AspenForester” Lewis Yes, I'm trying something new. Mixing in some interview/documentary videos like this as well as more normal maths-heavy ones.

[@JBLewis]

I liked it. You could that it is new for you, but I liked part 1! I haven't watched part 2 yet, that's this afternoon.

[@carrionpigeons]

Maybe it was the fact that I have never heard of the book or the production, but I felt like this video was lacking an awful lot of context to be interesting.

[@Caitlinm007]

I love the book, wish I could go see the play.

[@livingdeaddolls]

I hate to be pedantic, but I do like to be thorough (mathematician here...). The 'Watch Part 2' at the end of the video doesn't have a clickable annotation on it. (Yes, I know there's a link in the description...)

[@joshuajurgensmeier4534]

5:50 Oooooh, _that_ kind of theater... I thought the scenes were a little cheesy for a movie.

[@mittfh]

I'm so used to Matt's unboxing videos over on Numberphile that I half expected him to launch into a mini-review of the calculator (precision test, 1/3*3 test, divide by zero test etc.)...

[@sebastiansimon7557]

In Germany, we read this book in English class 8 or 9 years ago. I still have my copy. I might reread it at some point.

[@CoolJoe330]

I read the book last year in English literature class, nice book.

[@SirCutRy]

+Juampi Herrera I am currentky reading it in Finnishm

[@etc.3062]

I just read that book for school. Loved it!

[@harrisonmode8046]

So where is the REAL stone henge sculpture?...oh Matt the back of the napkin reference to Spinal Tap.

[@MJCgt500]

Literally got Tickets for my Birthday yesterday (the 21st) to go see this! An amazing book and I cannot wait to see the stage show! (should I wait until I have seen the show before watching this video?)

[@BenAlfieMusic]

love the little spinal tap reference :) Thankyou Matt

[@katie98711]

I've seen it there like 2 months ago! It was incredible :D

[@estebanzd9434]

15:45 I think I have the same calculator! But without the solar panel, though.

[@hitchikerspie]

Ketsuban get with the times 😜 solar panel ftw!

[@kjono4611]

I bet Matt was just excited to see all the spreadsheets producing graphs and maths facts on the floor and walls of the stage

[@nichrun]

I saw this on tour. IT WAS AMAZING!

[@mruberduck]

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!!

[@franzschubert4480]

Have you seen BakaDuoDuo's 8x8 piston door?

[@SamirMishra6174]

Great videography Matt

[@jacksainthill8974]

05:20 I suppose we will get to the actual maths at some point? I might come back later.

[@MatteoBlooner]

I'm reading that book right now!

[@boenrobot]

A Casio calculator being a good choice? I thought they were Gaxio rip-offs ;-)

[@j-matics4744]

awesome video Matt

[@kundogb]

"So, have you done maths at school?" *looks back in horror*

[@mindthesyntax2999]

matt was quite fond of the "ground up joke".

[@standupmaths]

+Aeros Yes. Yes I was.

[@Bobstew68]

Is there any way for people outside the UK to see the show? Will it be recorded?

[@zeddash]

Watched that performance too 👌

[@owyongcheeseng5926]

i love this book!!!!! the curious incident of the dog in the night time is awesome

[@TitanOfClash]

I don't know anything about the curious incident, but I'll watch for Matt Parker.

[@Will140f]

Henry Tompkinson I read it a few years ago. pretty good book

[@theoniix7433]

I've seen the play it's amazing (not related to maths as much as you think).

[@WombatSlug]

I believe I've read the book years ago and enjoyed it. I'm beginning to think that I should go back and re-read it.

[@pixelpusher3589]

awesome! a different style of video.......i like it. great to see you mix it up a little

[@petchlarpetch9071]

I watched this last year !!!!!

[@Melvs_Cuts]

I like your theme song on the background;Very mathematical .

[@DropBlairCares54]

That is actually my favourite all purpose calculator! Period!

[@NoriMori1992]

A stage production of _The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time_?! How did I not know about this and where can I see it?!

[@Yotanido]

As a computer scientist, I also always keep a calculator within reach. A casio, too :D I feel validated now.

[@L4Vo5]

We had to read this book for school :D

[@IceMetalPunk]

"I got a C..." "That's good!" There's the difference between the US and the rest of the world: here in the States, a C is considered poor performance XD

[@gvigary1]

IceMetalPunk it's easy for those of us who are naturally good at Maths to belittle those who find it trickier, but we should always celebrate someone achieving a level which is a stretch FOR THEM. In any case, C is good enough, and I'd love more of my students to reach that level!

[@IceMetalPunk]

gvigary1 No no, don't get me wrong, I'm not belittling anyone! I'm making a comment on the difference between the American education system and education abroad (and the culture surrounding both). Here in the US, a B is "good", but generally if you don't get an A, you're not doing well enough, whereas a C is poor and anything lower is equivalent to failure (even though a D technically isn't failing). It's that way for many parents, but also for schools: for instance, I passed a course with a D, but even though it was passing, my school wouldn't accept those credits for transfer because it wasn't high enough of a grade for them. Whereas I've heard from many people that in other countries, because a C is average performance, it's considered good performance, and anything above that is great. Even the grading scale is different: here in the US, a C is 70-79%, whereas I believe the UMS (British) scale has a C at 60-69%. In the US, that would be a D and be considered terrible. The US educational system is definitely broken; we put more emphasis on memorization than application, but at the same time, we put more pressure on our students to perform better. And our culture of "must get straight A's for your entire life or you're not good enough" doesn't help.

[@IceMetalPunk]

Oh, and I just looked up the grading scale on the Scotland Highers: a C is 50-60%! In other words, it's literally the "average performance" that a C is often described as, but here in the US, a 50-60% is a failing grade. So there's even more of a disconnect between the cultures.

[@jackdawkins629]

Well this is the earliest I've ever been

[@clairesun1549]

I literally just went to see this a few days ago!

[@AuroCords]

You're really good at interviewing :]

[@topilinkala1594]

About the difference between an architect and a building engineer is: Architect: I want this building to bee airy. No walls across the building I want people to see through the building. Building Engineer: With five floors you say. Ok. but no kitchens on top two floors then. Architect: Why not? This is an office building and they need to have their cofee machines, tea kettles etc. We can't do two floors without kitchen. Why do youi insist on that. BE: It's just that this is on water front and come suitable wind from the sea side the top two floors will sway about 15cm from side to side and I do not want anyone with hot bewerage on their hand walking through that. Sitting down it's nothing, so they can still work if the building swings a little bit, but clearly no hot water anywhere. End result was not a building you can see through.

[@curiosityzero2151]

So they do some basic alzebra and some trigonometry??

[@TheButlerNZ]

2:38 the reason I don't read books... I'm 50.. and visual.... I get more from learning by doing/watching.. and my brain wanders half way down the 1st page. Put an interesting picture on the page that supports the writing... and I'll suffer the attached writing a I can reference the picture to create the pictures in my mind... I got really good at RTFM as a PC tech, but I made a lot of instructions myself, and they were more 50-50 picture/diagrams and text.

[@verioffkin]

As an art person I don't actually care about primes as mathematicians do. Instead, they are for me like some kind of metaphors... And if you ask me about primes, I'll say I hell know nothing about'em, but I guess I CAN feel what that means... Funny thing ))

[@TheUnlocked]

You should see if you can get sponsored by Casio.

[@MartiniComedian]

Nice one, Matt!

[@RoderickEtheria]

Math is everywhere, so not having to do math really can't be the answer. The only thing that may differ is how complicated the math turns out to be.

[@tdc1991x]

Is... is that a One Direction mug?!

[@Architector_4]

0:37 "A pacifist's guide to the war on cancer" Now why do I think of Undertale. Seriously, what the hell.

[@rewrose2838]

why wouldn't you think of UnderTale ?! (why would you ever not think of UnderTale??)

[@Architector_4]

eh, at least it says cancer.

[@paulafernandezmorante7267]

I will try to improve my english with your great videos! Best regards from Spain! :)

[@22PUZZLE22]

6:04 "...the models are *absolutely* *to scale*..." Isn't that a sort of oxymoron?

[@doomturtles]

i went to see this it will be good to see the maths behind it :)

[@squelchedotter]

what is the music?

[@jameshuot3706]

man, i wanna see this show now. who wants to buy me a round trip ticket from toronto to london?

[@whitherwhence]

Only if you get me one from Tel Aviv.

[@smallishkae]

Casio; is there any other?

[@Friend_of_the_One-Eyed_Ladies]

"It's called AutoCAD." rofl

[@gorunmain]

I was there!

[@Huntracony]

I read that book! One of the best books I've ever read. Though, that said, I haven't read too many books, so take that with a grain of salt.

[@Huntracony]

I love the way it told the readers what was going on before christopher found out, without actually giving you more information than him.

[@ryanmurray5973]

Stop arguing about Casio vs. Gaxio vs. TI! Clearly, pen and grid paper is the better choice!

[@whitherwhence]

I'm curious too. Sorry you had to read that.

[@topilinkala7651]

IMHO the best calculators for engineers have always been made by HP.

[@MaxKoschuh]

he sounds like the guy from numberphile

[@74oshua]

He is the guy from Numberphile

[@OonHan]

He is from Numberphile

[@TheMrvidfreak]

A curious comment (part 1)

[@TheCrewdy]

I'll only like this if there's a corresponding comment on part 2. EDIT: Good job. And good job having the same number of likes on both comments.

[@taitai300]

I've seen an Israeli production of it and it was amazing.

[@jalexander9520]

I WAS THERE

[@TheButlerNZ]

Theres a lot of :( faces on the walls around 5:02... subliminal?

[@samostrowski9672]

the set designer has a one direction mug

[@owy3215]

whats is the best calculator money is no object

[@TheOlian04]

owy 32. wolfram alpha, and it's free

[@jesset2550]

i went to the play

[@djguydan]

Sorry Matt, but I am Texas Instruments all the way. Dad had a first generation TI.

[@almundfingur2383]

I HAVE THE SAME CALCULATOR AS HIM!!!

[@Theraot]

computer with two screen and still needs a calculator, I guess there is something for which the software isn't good enough

[@TomParis51]

Computer keyboards arent designed to type in mathematic algorithms which is therefore more tedious - especially in the realm of trigonometry which this guys seems to be using a lot. The balance shifts back to the computer e.g. at numerical analysis which at least I wouldnt bother to do with a calculator. Ain't nobody got time fo dat as the Internet folk is saying ;)

[@Kalumbatsch]

It's a matter of habit, because there's not one single thing that a handheld calculator can do better than a PC, including typing on a keyboard.

[@PM-vs3rh]

I found some scientific errors in the book. Especially in astronomy.

[@alexanderterry187]

wow I just saw it lol

[@leophoenixmusic]

I have the same calculator XD

[@SunnyClyde]

nah I prefer the Casio fx 991es

[@stellachristie86]

Im bunnys sister

[@brokenwave6125]

How is your channel not called "standupmatths"? Your pun game needs some work brother.

[@johnchessant3012]

85th!!!!!!11!!!1

[@blaynefishlock]

:)

[@100gecsshroomdude]

second

[@gakhar201]

first

[@gakhar201]

Sir I am very big fan of yours

[@stylis666]

Yawn. I bet that Matt was exhausted after listening to that woman sigh and moan about her work. She is the reason why people think maths is dry. With her inability to be excited it's not just the maths or the skin that is forever dry and boring.

[@hothothotmale]

Dude, mathematics is not her forté. She says she was artistic at school.Can you imagine a mathematician doing the artistic design? Do you get excited about everything that you talk about?

[@faceshed]

I don't want to be a snooty American, but "maths" bothers me so much. There's nothing wrong with having different words or pronunciations, but mathematics is not many things. You don't say "How many maths did you do?" you say "How much math did you do?". You don't say "Maths are good." you say "Math is good." So what is that 's' doing there? It's misleading. I'm doing my part. I use the clearly superior metric system any time I can. Please consider changing your dirty heathen habits for the good of my personal presences because that's reasonable!

[@gvigary1]

faceshed but Physics are good too 😀

[@faceshed]

gvigary1 You broke my brain. Yeah I don't know how physics fit in there.

[@powdertoy2]

What about 'news'?

[@faceshed]

+Kevin Liu But the news is a collection of new things. Mathematics is not made up of things in the same way. It can be broken down, but it's incomplete in parts. Right?

[@faceshed]

Didn't I just explain? I'm going to be honest and tell you I don't know where this conversation is headed right now. You are right that I fall on the autistic side and maybe that's why or maybe you missed that my first comment was made to be tongue in cheek and sort of poking fun at myself. Yeah, there's plenty of words just like "maths" that I'd like to change and I have no power over it and it would be unreasonable to expect others to take on the fight for me. I am defeated?