Terrific Toothpick Patterns - Numberphile
893K views · Dec 10, 2018 · Science & Technology
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@SylvEdu · 7 years ago (edited)
I like how mathematicians solve things because they look fun and then later everyone is astounded that the solved problem has some amazing, unexpected, and useful real-life application, and the mathematicians are like, "yeah, neat..." but they are already working on their next puzzle just for fun.
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@apocalypticbean · 7 years ago
Omar. Omar Poll .... yes 'yes' (whisper)
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@OrangeC7 · 7 years ago
Waiting for Matt Parker to buy a space somewhere to start laying down as many toothpicks as possible in this configuration
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@blakef.8566 · 7 years ago (edited)
"...and we don't understand this at all." When he says this, there is a childlike excitement in his voice. I guess that this goes to show that though it's exciting to understand things, it's can also be exciting not to.
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@Aciek25 · 7 years ago
I like this professor. He is Numberphile's ASMR.
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@jurrasicgrant2307 · 7 years ago
The way he is talking lmao its seductive to be honest.<br><br>Anyways, almost everyone on Numberphile is so passionate about their stuff, it's so amazing to see.
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@corncolonel9171 · 6 years ago
Me in 2019: oh that's pretty neat<br>Me in 2020: "how fast diseases spread" HA
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@OlbaidFractalium · 7 years ago
Every pattern is very beautiful. I also want to see 3D version.
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@TriggerMeKaNiK · 7 years ago
“Good news everyone!”
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@andrewince8824 · 6 years ago
Sloane was 79 at the time of this video's publication. Besides being an incredible mathematician he's an avid rockclimber. Seriously, Neil Sloane has managed to mathematically manipulate his age to stay so young.
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@FerousFolly · 7 years ago
It's like Attenborough but with numbers.
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@alan2here · 7 years ago (edited)
"And then when you look at 32 generations", it's suddenly a QR code.
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