Bullet-Proof Bicycle (feat. Matt Parker) - Objectivity 203

Special guest Matt Parker joins us in the archives at The Royal Society to look at some weird and wonderful mistakes from history. More links below ↓↓↓

Featuring author, comedian and YouTuber Matt Parker.

Films by James Hennessy and Brady Haran

Some keywords: Mistakes, errors, bullet-proof, bicycle, Matt Parker, Numberphile, Stand-up Maths, Humble Pi, Joss Whitson, Calcutta, Thomas Young, infantry, India, umbrella, pivot, calendar, George Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, Julian, Gregorian, switch, intercalary days, French Revolution, decimal, year, Simon Laplace, Composition of Cheese, bad, American Cheese,

[davidrenton]

is that Keith Rocking a velvet Jacket, the man got style.

[menachemsalomon]

I like the idea of some guy in 1858 writing about how much better it was in the "good old time." I would not at all be surprised to find someone from that good old time complaining to _his_ friend about a yet earlier time when things were better.

[piranha]

2:13 : "Surely it was a mistake that nobody built one".

Somebody ring Colin Furze, he can fix that mistake!

[AsbjornOlling]

I think I'll only need about, say... twenty or so more excellent maths videos, before I'll surrender and buy the book.

[etothepie]

I bought Humble Pi the second it came out, and got it delivered on Pi Day.

[SteinGauslaaStrindhaug]

Cool, it's Matt Parker and his mate Bradley Haran!

;)

[Yupppi]

That thick book of cheese mistakes is wonderful. Who would ever think of writing that detailed book on inferior cheese. I'm so happy to know that it exists.

[insu_na]

I bought Humble Pi while watching this video. You make good ads, Brady.

[B.M..]

This is hilarious. The group dynamics are amazing, I would love to spend the day with these three smartasses.

[trulyinfamous]

I want to read that cheese book. I hope they have it digitized as it is of great cultural significance. (Seriously, I'd love to see more of the archives digitized. Nothing lasts forever, despite how much effort the RS puts into preservation, but data on a server doesn't decay like paper does.

[realspacemodels]

I bought Humble Pi for my dad for Father's Day. He was a Professor and did a lot with statistics. It's a perfect gift for him.

[jonathanrichards]

I pause these videos to read the text on all the pages. At 3:14 (Pi time!) I read the verso page, and now I can't unread it.

[vrraghy]

5:12 Matt P: "That's phenomenal!"
Me: "Transformational too!"

[barneytrubble]

Surely the main mistake with the bicycle is that it's a tricycle!

[_rlb]

I got the notification for this video while reading Matts first book.

[Human-]

You know who would love to build the bulletproof bike? Collin Futze. I’m dead serious, he’d love this, he builds all kinds of wacky things like this.

[krisweinschenker]

Matt's book is a good read.

And the cheese stands alone.

[rewrose]

Came for the Matt of the Parker Square, stayed for the Parker cycle

[shugaroony]

That cheese book sounds a hoot, I'd love to read it!

[ky-gpsz]

So if we buy it Matt stops doing the videos and we get less Matt videos? That sounds like an incentive to not buy the book!