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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Sep 13

If you’re watching the Women’s Rugby World Cup quarterfinals on the BBC: yes, that was me crunching some numbers! (Just after 12:30.)

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Aug 21

Love Triangle is now out in paperback from in the USA!

Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social · Aug 19

What if we told you that triangles are what make our lives possible? In his humorous + lovely #1 Bestseller, @standupmaths.bsky.social proves why we should all show more appreciation for this 3-sided polygon 🥰📐

Read LOVE TRIANGLE, now in paperback! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672455...

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Aug 17

Photo of the only critic to give me a one star review.

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‘Not enough treats and none of it was outdoors.’
- Skylab the Dog

www.pleasance.co.uk/event/gettin...

Photo of a Labrador dog in front of a billboard for Matt Parker’s show

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Jul 23

Tour sales are going well! Shows are not until October but 24% of all tickets are gone. Watch out if you're in Swindon: that show is over half sold; Leeds and North Finchley both > ⅓ gone. standupmaths.com/shows/

Matt Parker | Standup Mathematician - Shows

Matt does super-nerdy shows all around the world. His calendar of performances is below but you should also check out Festival of the Spoken Nerd and An Evening of Unnecessary Detail.

standupmaths.com

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Jun 19

I’m celebrating with a semi-unrelated gig in London tonight! Come and see me try new material with the excellent @bechillcomedian.bsky.social and friends. museumofcomedy.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Ticketbooth

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Jun 19

It’s publication day! Love Triangle is now out in paperback. A book about angles is finally capable of bending. www.penguin.co.uk/books/443151...

Love Triangle

Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble Pi Why can no two people ever see the same rainbow? What happens when y...

www.penguin.co.uk

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Jun 11

I'm going to calculate π on the Moon! And you can join in. Get your own Lunar Pi. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · May 21

It’s finally happening! I will be at the European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group annual conference! July 3,4 in London. See sum(you all) there. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eusprig-20...

EuSpRIG 2025 Annual Conference: Spreadsheet Productivity and Risks

Join us at EuSpRIG 2025 for insights on boosting your spreadsheet skills while managing risks - it's gonna be epic!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Apr 28

I join the fine Cracking the Cryptic folks to see if solving a MIT Mystery Hunt sudoku really did require me to write Terrible Python Code™. youtu.be/WFZ6AMTXUJk

Matt Parker Sets Us A Challenge!

YouTube video by Cracking The Cryptic

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Apr 18

Sorry I stole someone’s sharpie! An audience member at Wednesday’s show brought it for me to sign their calculator and were too polite to say anything when I absentmindedly put it in my pocket. It’s mine now.

Close up of a Matt’s hand holding a sharpie pen.

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Apr 14

This is in Melbourne by the way. Probably should have mentioned that.

That’s the kind of slick promo which sold us out in the first place.

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Apr 14

We thought we’d sold out but the fine people at The Capitol managed to find 60 extra chairs somewhere. Now on sale. So if you want to see the show tomorrow: you’re in luck! www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows...

Nine Lessons for Melbourne with Matt Parker | Melbourne International Comedy Festival

www.comedyfestival.com.au

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Apr 13

I don’t understand how not doing this is even an option, assuming trucks follow classical physics.

Or maybe that is the problem and the sign was too small for “trucks - despite the name, please don’t quantum tunnel through the tunnel”.

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Apr 11

Such a ridiculous equation.
youtu.be/j04IAbWCszg

Explaining the Trump Tariff Equation

YouTube video by Stand-up Maths

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thanks Qantas! Really cleared that up for me.

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Mar 14

Happy π Day everyone! This year we collided some masses together.

In practise: youtu.be/vlUTlbZT4ig
And in theory: youtu.be/6dTyOl1fmDo

We calculated pi with colliding blocks

YouTube video by Stand-up Maths

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Feb 27

It’s the back.

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Feb 27

I spent an earnest 30 seconds looking at this powerboard backstage today, trying to work out what kind of theatre equipment plugs into it.

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Feb 20

Another train in the same spot today!

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Feb 18

For some reason our dog loves trains. Not only does she try to drag me to the station so she can go for a ride, whenever one passes is she will stop and watch it.

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Feb 16

Melbs! I'll be visiting your Comedy Festival for one night only, with @doctorkarl.bsky.social and other unannounced guests. 16 April 2025, The Capitol. Assuming Australia is ready for me and Dr Karl on the same stage. www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows...

Nine Lessons for Melbourne with Matt Parker | Melbourne International Comedy Festival

www.comedyfestival.com.au

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Dec 31

Because 2025 = 45² and 45 is a triangle number, we get these lovely sums:

2025 = (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9)²
2025 = 1³ + 2³ + 3³ + 4³ + 5³ + 6³ + 7³ + 8³ + 9³

Pleasingly the next triangle number 55 is 10 more, so get ready for a repeat of this fact in the year 3025.

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Dec 31

Get ready for the squarest year of our lifetimes! 2025 = 45² and we don’t get 46² until the year 2116.

AND, as a 1980 birth, I’ll get to turn 45 during the square year. I’ve been looking forward to this since when I still had hair. youtu.be/99stb2mzspI?...

Why 1980 was a great year to be born... but 2184 will be better

YouTube video by Numberphile

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Dec 22

Today is my 14π birthday! So this is a reminder that whenever you turn a multiple of 22 you also turn a very-close-to-multiple of π.

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Matt Parker @standupmaths.bsky.social · Nov 25

I can’t believe we’re stuck behind four busses.

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