Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Big Feastival is this weekend! thebigfeastival.com (Or if you are watching this in the future: some weekend in your subsequent August.) I'm there most years, come and say hi! In 2023 we're making a giant sun dial.
Blur are on tour again and have a new album out! I've seen the show and listened to the album so can recommend both personally. blur.co.uk
music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kx0OirV41v6j1vuMqU_1dpeK-qZv1RXOg
Huge thanks to Robert for finding all eight "Eight Kite-Rhombus Solids". robertlovespi.net/2018/04/29/eight-kite-rhombus-solids-plus-five-all-kite-polyhedra-the-convex-hulls-of-the-thirteen-archimedean-catalan-compounds
Thanks to Lisa Mather who designed and laser-cut all of the kites and rhombi so we could cable tie them together. twitter.com/lisa_mather
Internal frame for the balls was designed and built by Dave Ansell. sciansell.co.uk/node/167
3D design and all images of the shape was done by Sam Hartburn. samhartburn.co.uk/sh
The build crew included but was not limited to: Alex Genn-Bash, Alex James, Ben Sparks, Katie Steckles, Lisa Mather, Lucie Green, Matt Parker, Matthew Scroggs, Paul Taylor and random festival attendees.
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They keep my balls in the air. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Graphics by Sam Hartburn
Cheese by Alex James
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback
The Big Feastival is this weekend! thebigfeastival.com (Or if you are watching this in the future: some weekend in your subsequent August.) I'm there most years, come and say hi! In 2023 we're making a giant sun dial.
Blur are on tour again and have a new album out! I've seen the show and listened to the album so can recommend both personally. blur.co.uk
music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kx0OirV41v6j1vuMqU_1dpeK-qZv1RXOg
Huge thanks to Robert for finding all eight "Eight Kite-Rhombus Solids". robertlovespi.net/2018/04/29/eight-kite-rhombus-solids-plus-five-all-kite-polyhedra-the-convex-hulls-of-the-thirteen-archimedean-catalan-compounds
Thanks to Lisa Mather who designed and laser-cut all of the kites and rhombi so we could cable tie them together. twitter.com/lisa_mather
Internal frame for the balls was designed and built by Dave Ansell. sciansell.co.uk/node/167
3D design and all images of the shape was done by Sam Hartburn. samhartburn.co.uk/sh
The build crew included but was not limited to: Alex Genn-Bash, Alex James, Ben Sparks, Katie Steckles, Lisa Mather, Lucie Green, Matt Parker, Matthew Scroggs, Paul Taylor and random festival attendees.
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They keep my balls in the air. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming and editing by Alex Genn-Bash
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Graphics by Sam Hartburn
Cheese by Alex James
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: standupmaths.com
US book: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610964/humble-pi-by-matt-parker
UK book: mathsgear.co.uk/collections/books/products/humble-pi-signed-paperback

![The sorting algorithm that shouldn’t.
Click this link https://boot.dev/?promo=STANDUPMATHS and use my code STANDUPMATHS to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev
Stanley P. Y. Fung’s original paper can be found here:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.01111
Along with an addendum to paper answering all of your burning questions here:
https://www.cs.le.ac.uk/people/pyf1/sorting.html
The viral video of sorting algorithms visualiser and sonifier is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPRA0W1kECg
And more info on the sonifier:
https://panthema.net/2013/sound-of-sorting/
If you want some info on genuinely useful sorting algorithms the check out Boot.Dev’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?is=mIPDDmyo9IP5iaeZ&v=GMV7ycKZ-mM&feature=youtu.be
Thank you to Andy Chisholm for creating the brilliant sound effects for the SWAP graphic. Find him over at www.andychisholm.com
For more unnecessary detail, tickets for upcoming London (including on September 7th) shows are available here: https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/tickets/
Also Im touring the UK again for the final time with Getting Triggy With It this Autumn. Its a short tour, so get your tickets here: https://standupmaths.com/shows/
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters.There is no sorting algorithm I have yet found which could put them in order. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- Thanks to a few people for pointing out my dry-wipe pseudo-code for Bubble Sort is a bit out. where it says if i [greater than] i+1 it should read if L[I] [greater than] L[i+1]”. Also this correction should use the greater than symbol but YouTube wont let me put them in.
Filming by Alex Genn-Bash
Editing by Gus Melton
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Directed by Rhys Jones
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com/
Click this link https://boot.dev/?promo=STANDUPMATHS and use my code STANDUPMATHS to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev
Stanley P. Y. Fung’s original paper can be found here:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.01111
Along with an addendum to paper answering all of your burning questions here:
https://www.cs.le.ac.uk/people/pyf1/sorting.html
The viral video of sorting algorithms visualiser and sonifier is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPRA0W1kECg
And more info on the sonifier:
https://panthema.net/2013/sound-of-sorting/
If you want some info on genuinely useful sorting algorithms the check out Boot.Dev’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?is=mIPDDmyo9IP5iaeZ&v=GMV7ycKZ-mM&feature=youtu.be
Thank you to Andy Chisholm for creating the brilliant sound effects for the SWAP graphic. Find him over at www.andychisholm.com
For more unnecessary detail, tickets for upcoming London shows are available here: https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/tickets/
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters.There is no sorting algorithm I have yet found which could put them in order. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming by Alex Genn-Bash
Editing by Gus Melton
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Directed by Rhys Jones
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
Website: http://standupmaths.com/ The sorting algorithm that shouldn’t.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ixXOUeBOPJw/mqdefault.jpg)








