Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Check out Grant's Summer of Math Exposition (supported by Jane Street!)
some.3b1b.co
More details here: 3blue1brown.substack.com/p/some3-begins
Tim Chartier has a great book called "Get in the Game - An Interactive Introduction to Sports Analytics" if you'd like to learn more about their work. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo178291370.html
Here is their Davidson College page: https://www.davidson.edu/people/tim-chartier
The song "Get Ready for Maths" is written and recorded by Jonny Berlin (based on the original "Get Ready for This" by 2 Unlimited). Listen to it over here: jonnyberliner-sciencesongs.bandcamp.com/track/get-ready-for-maths and check out Jonny's site: jonnyberliner.com
And thanks to Nolan Rau, Liz Labows and Bec Hill for rounding out our team of six.
Check out MoMath's Hoop Curves. momath.org/home/hoop-curves
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They keep me in the game. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- At 04:44 I say "Noel" in the voice over instead of Nolan. Sorry Nolan!
- Yes, in the plots of our shots at 05:13, 05:59 and 14:22 I left the axis labelled as "inches" and it should be "feet".
- At 11:18 I say "eight points" but I mean "point eight points".
- Let me know if you spot anything else!
Diagram of basketball court adapted from this one:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basketball_-_NBA_-_field_diagram_-en.svg
Photo of restricted zone during a game from Roy on Flickr.
flickr.com/photos/thehutch/1536622933
Filming by Alex Genn-Bash
Editing by Nico Turner
Some graphics by Grant Sanderson
Other graphics by Matt's Terrible Python Code™
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter and Jonny Berliner
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
Check out Grant's Summer of Math Exposition (supported by Jane Street!)
some.3b1b.co
More details here: 3blue1brown.substack.com/p/some3-begins
Tim Chartier has a great book called "Get in the Game - An Interactive Introduction to Sports Analytics" if you'd like to learn more about their work. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo178291370.html
Here is their Davidson College page: https://www.davidson.edu/people/tim-chartier
The song "Get Ready for Maths" is written and recorded by Jonny Berlin (based on the original "Get Ready for This" by 2 Unlimited). Listen to it over here: jonnyberliner-sciencesongs.bandcamp.com/track/get-ready-for-maths and check out Jonny's site: jonnyberliner.com
And thanks to Nolan Rau, Liz Labows and Bec Hill for rounding out our team of six.
Check out MoMath's Hoop Curves. momath.org/home/hoop-curves
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They keep me in the game. patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- At 04:44 I say "Noel" in the voice over instead of Nolan. Sorry Nolan!
- Yes, in the plots of our shots at 05:13, 05:59 and 14:22 I left the axis labelled as "inches" and it should be "feet".
- At 11:18 I say "eight points" but I mean "point eight points".
- Let me know if you spot anything else!
Diagram of basketball court adapted from this one:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basketball_-_NBA_-_field_diagram_-en.svg
Photo of restricted zone during a game from Roy on Flickr.
flickr.com/photos/thehutch/1536622933
Filming by Alex Genn-Bash
Editing by Nico Turner
Some graphics by Grant Sanderson
Other graphics by Matt's Terrible Python Code™
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter and Jonny Berliner
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
