Matt Parker

Matt Parker 2016

Matthew Thomas Parker (born December 22, 1980 in Australia ) is an Australian writer of entertaining mathematics and active in the field as a lecturer in the manner of a stand-up comedian.

Parker grew up in Perth and initially studied mechanical engineering at the University of Western Australia . Instead of a degree, he turned to teaching math and moved to London . He has a YouTube channel StandUpMaths , gives public lectures in the UK (solo and as part of the comedy group Festival of the Spoken Nerd ) and appears on radio and television programs such as the BBC and the Discovery Channel. He also works for Queen Mary University London (Public Engagement in Mathematics Fellow) in the Outreach Program for Mathematics and was a Popular Lecturer at the London Mathematical Society .

He lectures in schools around the world (as part of the Think Maths organization he founded ), founded Maths Jam events in pubs, Math Busking for street appearances, and Maths Gear for math toys.

Parker received the Euler Book Prize for 2018. Also for 2018 he received the JPBM (Joint Policy Board of Mathematics) Communications Award of the American Mathematical Society (with the mathemusician Vi Hart ).

He lives in Godalming and has been married to the astrophysicist Lucie Green since 2014.

Fonts

• Matt Parker: Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension . Penguin Books, London 2015, ISBN 978-0-14-197586-3 .
• Matt Parker: Humble Pi . Penguin Books, London 2020, ISBN 978-0-14-198914-3 .

Web links

• Matt Parker's Homepage Standup Maths
• His channel Standupmaths on youtube
• His playlist at Numberphile (youtube)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ JPBM Communications Award 2018
2. ^ Matt Parker - Biography. Penguin Books, accessed July 10, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Simon Usborne: "Stand-up mathematician" Matt Parker is using comedy nights to preach maths to big audiences. In: The Independent. Independent Digital News & Media Limited, October 30, 2014, accessed July 10, 2020 .