The preposterous number? A few minutes of explanation and context from #HannahFry and sqrt(-1) becomes way less scary. Half the confusion is in the name. Now I think Imaginary Numbers definitely need to be rebranded. #Maths #Science
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001j432

One of the really fun things about getting older is not having to wait until 9.30 at night for the cool programmes to be on, because they now seem to be on at, er, 8. (#HannahFry #TheSecretGeiusOfModernLife in the UK recently). Thank God, because I'm usually physically in bed by 9. #Old #SoOld

PS. The glorious Professor #HannahFry has a nice #documentary about the #electriccar on the #BBC #iPlayer:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001f7y1/the-secret-genius-of-modern-life-series-1-4-electric-car

Loved the episode of #HannahFry's #TheSecretGeniusofModernLife ontC #iPlayer

Definitely a series you want to show to your #daughter. Let's get more girls into #STEM.

This week its the #ElectricCar and associated technologies. Even better that there was only a fleeting reference to that bird-brained man-baby #MelonTusk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001f7y1

Brilliant episode #BBC #thesecretgeniusofmodernlife #HannahFry https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dj9drl

Hmm. The first three episodes of #HannahFry's new BBC-tv #math series I linked to on YouTube in my latest "Devlin's Angle" have vanished. They were there last night. Given the timing, I suspect my "promotion" triggered a rights issue. Not good. Brexit?☹️ https://mathvalues.squarespace.com/masterblog/what-use-is-math

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4MIoia43bFc&feature=share #Bankcard #Hannahfry

Watched #HannahFry The Secret Genius of Modern Life #science #education Son and I repeated the credit card deconstruction with acetone. Worked a treat. #technology All I need to do now - is work out how to put it back together again. #bbc Brilliant show.

anyone catch guest #HannahFry earlier on this am on #BBC6music, think she was on #LaurenLaverne. i always thought, "3 is a magic number" #delasoul but it turns out it's actually 142,857 - very interesting. didn't expect to get a #maths lesson this morning.

@joelmorris I enjoyed the programme too. Entertaining and informative. #HannahFry #popularscience

Just watched the first episode of this, presented by Professor Hannah Fry (don't think she's here yet). Fascinating look at the technology and history of the bank card.

Accessible but not dumbed down. Fry's enthusiasm is contagious. Highly recommended.

#BBC2 #HannahFry #BankCard

Watched the first episode of #MagicNumbers with #HannahFry as the host, and I am hooked. It asks a very fundamental question as to whether #maths is discovered or invented. Is it an underlying feature of our reality or just an illusion due to our pattern recognition skills.