Matt Parker

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Matt Parker performing at Robin Ince's Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People

Matt Parker (born 1980) is an Australian stand-up comedian, author, YouTube personality and maths communicator. Parker is the Public Engagement in Mathematics Fellow at Queen Mary University of London. He is a former maths teacher, and lives in Godalming, UK.

Occupations

Parker has appeared in numerous YouTube videos, talking about various subjects related to mathematics. While he does have his own YouTube channel, many of Parker's appearances are on bigger channels such as Brady Haran's Numberphile[1] and James May's Head Squeeze (now BritLab).

Parker has toured the UK both solo and as part of comedy group Festival of the Spoken Nerd, along with Helen Arney and Steve Mould.[2] His first solo tour Matt Parker: Number Ninja finished in July 2013,[3] while his second solo tour “Matt Parker: Now in 4D” started in late 2014.[4]

He has written the book Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension.[5][6]

Parker is a regular on BBC Radio Four's Infinite Monkey Cage with Robin Ince and Brian Cox. He has also talked about maths-related topics on BBC News, Sky News, Channel4, CBBC, and occasionally writes for The Guardian.[7] On TV, he is a commentator on nearly every episode of You Have Been Warned (Outrageous Acts of Science).

Personal life

Parker married his wife, solar physicist Lucie Green, in July 2014. The couple used wedding rings made of meteoric iron.[2] He now lives in Godalming, England.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Videos about Numbers and Stuff". Numberphile.com. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  2. 1 2 Simon Usborne (2014-10-30). ""Stand-up mathematician" Matt Parker is using comedy nights to preach maths to big audiences". The Independent. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  3. ↑ Steckles, Katie (2013-04-30). "Matt Parker: Number Ninja". The Aperiodical. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  4. ↑ "Matt Parker". Lakinmccarthy.com. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  5. ↑ Parker, Matt. "Things To Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension | Books | Janklow & Nesbit". Janklowandnesbit.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  6. ↑ "Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension (Book Review) - Scientific American Blog Network". Blogs.scientificamerican.com. 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  7. ↑ "Matt Parker". The Guardian. 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  8. ↑ Parker, Matt. Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension. Penguin UK, 2014, p. PT6.

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