Kit Yates
@kityates
Author and Professor of Maths and Public Engagement. Books Math(s) of Life and Death How to Expect the Unexpected You Don't Know What You're missing He/Him
“UK complacent about war threat” warns man whose company makes huge profits from threat of war.
Sometimes the rules of sport induce some strange behaviours. But there probably haven't been many stranger football matches than the 1994 game between Barbados and Grenada. Why, with just a few minutes to go were Grenada trying to score in both goals? open.substack.com/pu...
In a talk at a mathematical biology conference about patterning on a sphere. #ItsComingHome
Why England vs Argentina will always be more than just a game for me. kityates.substack.co...
"I have discovered a truly marvellous proof of this, which bluesky is not able to display."
"Comedian Jon Harvey, who regularly runs in by-elections under the pseudonym Count Binface, has confirmed he will run. Asked what his appeal will be to the people of Clacton, he told the Today programme: "Well, I'm not Nigel Farage.""
BBC football avantages graphics have got strong “Just because you can use fancy shapes on PowerPoint, doesn’t mean you should” energy.
Naively, with all the good weather we’ve been having, I have come up to Manchester without a coat. What was I thinking? I’ve been away too long.
"Whenever the World Cup kicks off, I think of Nick lying on his sickbed, punching the air, and am reminded of that internal battle I faced as a 17-year-old. The battle that, to my eternal shame, I won and lost" Some personal reflections on the World Cup open.substack.com/pu...
If you want more details on how best to complete your sticker collection, then you can read more about it in my latest substack. open.substack.com/pu... 9/10
People have been buying, trading and swapping football stickers for decades. Every World Cup brings a fresh album and the same hope: each new pack fills the gaps and gets you closer to completion. 1/10
Good puzzgrid (like the wall in only connect) on the subject of missingness today. puzzgrid.com/grid/12...
The week I met Count Binface and other stories of my recent adventures in Science Communication. All covered in my latest substack. open.substack.com/pu...
Excited to see my article about completing your World Cup sticker book made it to the BBC Sport {bot} webpage. www.bbc.co.uk/future...
Great to see You Don't Know What You're Missing and How To Expect The Unexpected trending at 1 and 4 (respectively) in popular Maths on Amazon. You can pick up your own copy here: www.amazon.co.uk/Don... or to support independent bookshops here: uk.bookshop.org/p/bo...
So great to have spent some time at Cheltenham Science festival this weekend. Such an amazing array of speakers and events. Looking forward to next year already.
I was on Jeremy Vine’s @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social show on Thursday talking about You Don’t Know What You’re Missing. You can catch up here from 1:06:30 (just so you know what you’re missing!) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds... 1/2
I hosted an event at Cheltenham Science festival yesterday called “How to Win The World Cup”. Stupidly I forgot to wear my W(h)ales shirt!
This shopping centre in Tallaght, outside Dublin is called the square. I get that ‘square-based pyramid’ doesn’t sound great, but what about just “the pyramid”. Anyone can build a square.
On the set of the Jeremy Vine show on channel 5 this morning talking about You Don’t Know What Your Missing. Lots of fun.
It's publication day for You Don't Know What You're Missing. The final chapter (7) of You Don't Know What You're M ss ng is "Where the light is". Read all about 'constructive missingness' in this summary of the last chapter in my latest substack: open.substack.com/pu... 1/2
Great to visit old broadcasting house today to record All In The Mind with the excellent Claudia Hammond Episode on missingness (yes that is a word now) should be out in a couple of weeks - just so you know what you’re missing!
In You Don’t Know What You’re Missing, I’m interested in how we fill in gaps when information is missing. Here’s an example from the lift of the hotel I’m staying in before talking about the book on Jeremy Vine’s TV+Radio shows tomorrow. Can you tell what it is supposed to say?
Excited to add this latest edition to the shelf! You can preorder your own copy of You Don’t Know What You’re Missing here: uk.bookshop.org/p/bo...
We are like the drunk searching for his keys under the street light. Asked whether he is sure he lost them there, he replies: “No, but this is where the light is.” Chapter 6 of You Don't Know What You're M ss ng is "Where the light is". open.substack.com/pu... 1/2