Most of the time, the maths in our everyday lives works quietly behind the scenes, until someone forgets to carry a 1 and a bridge collapses or a plane drops out of the sky.
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Matt Parker is a stand-up comedian and mathematician. He appears regularly on TV and online: as well as being a presenter on the Discovery Channel. His YouTube videos have been viewed over 37 million times. Previously a high-school mathematics teacher, Matt visits schools to talk to students about maths as part of Think Maths and he is involved in the Maths Inspiration shows. In his remaining free time, Matt wrote the books Things To Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension and Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors. He is also the Public Engagement in Mathematics Fellow at Queen Mary University of London.

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This is Part III out of one with a quadrillion zeros parts.

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Part I: «Why do Bidens votes not follow Benfords Law?»
www.youtube.com/watch?v=etx0k1nLn78

Part II: «Do these scatter plots reveal fraudulent vote-switching in Michigan?»
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aokNwKx7gM8

Here is the Supreme Court filing from the State of Texas:
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O155/162953/20201207234611533_TX-v-State-Motion-2020-12-07 FINAL.pdf

Declaration of Charles J. Cicchetti, Ph.D. is in the appendix of this document, starting on page 20.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O155/163048/20201208132827887_TX-v-State-ExpedMot 2020-12-07 FINAL.pdf

Behold my declaration.
www.dropbox.com/s/337h06gx5t6tjte/Declaration of Matthew T. Parker, B.Sc. Dip. Ed. (2020).pdf?dl=0

Here is the spreadsheet where I checked the combinations of states won by Democrats.
www.dropbox.com/s/d1sat2bjb1ts9n3/combinations-of-states-won.xlsx?dl=0

CORRECTIONS
— At 01:51 I accidentally said “Senate” when I meant “Congress”. But on-screen it says “House Republicans” so I think it still makes sense despite my mis-speak.
— Let me know if you spot any more mistakes!

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Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
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Go check out the puzzles over on Brilliant!
brilliant.org/standupmaths

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Once you’ve done that: help us calculate the thickness of a three-sided coin!

The bonus video explains how you can get involved. We expanded the audience participation aspect loads after we filmed the main video; which is why a whole second video was required.
youtu.be/xN5_VO7Nbu8

All the links for the various resources are over here.
think-maths.co.uk/threesidedcoin

Here is the form to sign-up and ask nicely to borrow Hugh’s coins.
bit.ly/coinrequest

Buy or print your own cylindrical coins.
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Sundial time and clock time often do not agree — the equation of time allows us to correct sundial time to clock time. This video explains how to use the equation of time and a basic explanation of the issues involved.
The equation of time represents the relationship between our planets orbital geometry and time as displayed on a sundial.

Finally, enough time has passed for Tom to be able to talk about Mad Capn Tom without clenching or retching too much.

MATT: YouTube.com/unnamedculprit — TOM: YouTube.com/TomScottGo

Jargon Buster:
URY — University Radio York
YSTV — York Student Television

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WRITTEN BY: Tom Scott
SCRIPT ASSISTANT: Andrea Marks
CAMERA: Jamie Drew
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AUDIO MIX: Graham Haerther
EDITOR: Isla McTear
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MINECRAFT SEQUENCE:
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MUSIC
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22:18 Chapter 3: Content ID
28:21 Chapter 4: Where Do We Go From Here
39:00 Trailer and Sponsorship
40:07 Credits and Outtakes

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Tom tells the tale of the time Mad Capn Tom ran for parliament. Yes, seriously.

Manifesto video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARjHBukWON8
Obituary: www.yarr.org.uk

MATT: YouTube.com/unnamedculprit — TOM: YouTube.com/TomScottGo

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tomscott.com — twitter.com/tomscott — In Trinity Buoy Wharf lighthouse in London — and a few other science museums around the world — sits Longplayer, a musical composition designed to last a millennium. How do you keep something running for that long?

Thanks to Rob Blake for holding the camera through the many takes. This one took a while…

And thanks to Martin Deutsch for reminding me about Longplayer!

On a bench in Tartu, Estonia, we welcome Paul (@cr3) along with art from Simon (@mushybees) to talk about the Other Incident: the one that involved us getting pulled over by the Estonian Defense Force.

TOM: youtube.com/tomscottgo — MATT: youtube.com/MattGrayYes — PAUL: twitter.com/cr3

On a bench in Tartu, Estonia, we welcome Paul (@cr3) along with art from Simon (@mushybees) to talk about our road trip, an abandoned submarine base, and, yes, the incident where Tom fell through ice into a frozen lake. Also, rainbow Comic Sans.

TOM: youtube.com/tomscottgo — MATT: youtube.com/MattGrayYes — PAUL: twitter.com/cr3

And thanks to our artist, Simon Coxall, twitter.com/mushybees!