Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Yes, I'm doing a show in LA on Sunday January 7. It's a bit last-minute. Come and say hi! flapperscomedy.com/shows/an-evening-of-unnecessary-detail/72865

Huge thanks to Sammie for sharing her equations. Check out her work at Northumbria University: northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/b/sammie-buzzard

"A Mathematical Model of Melt Lake Development on an Ice Shelf" agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017MS001155

Sammie's very good MATLAB code! researchdata.reading.ac.uk/121

Ice shelf satellite images thanks to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2421

Thanks to the Reading Biscuit Factory for letting us film in their lovely cafe. readingbiscuitfactory.co.uk

I went to Antarctica with Hurtigruten. hurtigruten.com/en-us/expeditions/destinations/antarctica-cruises

Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They bought me that coffee I was drinking. Sammie only wanted a glass of ice water. I swear I offered her other beverages but no, she's too on-brand for that. patreon.com/standupmaths

CORRECTIONS
- None yet, as far as I’m aware everything in the thumbnail is spelled correctly. Let me know if you spot anything!

Filming by Alex Genn-Bash
Editing by Christopher Brooks
Written and performed by Matt Parker
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