Number 24: Factorials and four-dimensional fever
I was recently at the awesome Beaker Street public science festival in Hobart with some Aussie legends #NerdHeaven
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Adam Spencer
Jun 19
Number 23: The birthday paradox of probability
How many people in a group do you need to have before the probability of a shared birthday amongst them?
Adam Spencer
Mar 12
Number 22: The whole 22 yards
Get reading! There’s no time to waste. At 225 million years per rotation, the sun will only orbit the Milky Way another 22 times before...
Adam Spencer
Feb 29
What makes a leap year?
Every four years, maths nerds, astronomers and calendrists alike get pretty excited about today's date, 29 February.
Adam Spencer
Jan 17
Number 21: Weighing the soul
Debunking an urban myth and 21 stages of Tour de Carb - how would you eat your way through?
Adam Spencer
Dec 21, 2023
Number 20: Happy silly season
Kids counting down til Santa comes. Watch me in conversation with futurist Amy Webb at SXSW. And was Plato ever wrong?
Adam Spencer
Nov 30, 2023
Number 19: The beauty of Go
Go is the most simple but strategically complex board game of them, all played on a 19x19 grid...
Adam Spencer
Nov 9, 2023
Number 18: Solve a classic brain buster to win a prize
Plus the mathematical beauty of the James Webb telescope.
Adam Spencer
Sep 20, 2023
Number 17: From haikus to subs and sudokus
An English haiku,
Has seventeen syllables,
Flowing through three lines.
All that and more as we go deep on the number 17...
Adam Spencer
Aug 15, 2023
Number 16: Go the Matildas!
Sixteen things you mightn't know about the Matildas' #16 Hayley Raso. Plus catch me on the ABC TV's Q+A special National Science Week...
Adam Spencer
Jul 26, 2023
Number 15: Old skool cool
Hanging with the stars, determining dermatoglyphics, necking a Melchizedek and books to be won. Thanks for reading my nerdy newsletter......
Adam Spencer
Jul 2, 2023
Number 14: Wacky stomachy and wise teens
An ancient puzzle, a dummy spit on the golf course and no fours on the floor. We’ve packed a fortnight of fun into number 014 and you're...
Adam Spencer
Jun 8, 2023
Number 13: Who's afraid of the number 13?
What scares a triskaidekaphobe? The United (much smaller) States. And an incredibly cool new shape. Enjoy these fascinating facts about...
Adam Spencer
Apr 20, 2023
Number 12: Can you calculate the angles of a dodecagon?
Let's meet the largest number that has just one syllable (single-morpheme). Take it away 12.
Adam Spencer
Mar 23, 2023
Number 11: Spinal Tap, Stranger Things, Australian Cricket team
What do Spinal Tap, Stranger Things and the Australian Cricket team have in common? That’s right, the first two-digit prime number – 11!...
Adam Spencer
Feb 16, 2023
Number 10: Antarctica and tetratcys of the decad
Welcome to 2023! I know it's been a while since we geeked out, but it’s been a big few months, including an incredible trip to Antarctica...
Adam Spencer
Oct 18, 2022
Number 9: Why 438,579,088 is an incredible number
Welcome to my most jam-packed number newsletter yet. The last of the single digits, 009 won't disappoint! 9th pitch drop Scientists are...
Adam Spencer
Aug 29, 2022
Number 8: Eight planets in our solar system?
In Chinese culture, the number 8 is considered lucky because the Cantonese word for 8 sounds similar to the word for 'prosper' or...
Adam Spencer
Jul 7, 2022
Number 7: Is seven the lucky number?
Think of a number between 1 and 10. How many colours in a rainbow? (Hint: strictly more than 7!) What is cyclic permutation? And an...
Adam Spencer
Jun 14, 2022
Number 6: From sexy primes to the first perfect number
A number so sexy it's perfect. In conversation with AFLW's Daisy Pearce. A chance to navigate the Milky Way. And raising over $70,000,000...
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