A Fireside Chat with Hannah Fry, Simon Singh & Kevlin Henney • GOTO 2021

This interview was recorded at CodeNode in London for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscripted http://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/fireside-chat-hannah-fry-simon-singh-kevlin-henney Hannah Fry - Mathematician, Science Presenter, Public Speaker and Bestselling Author @fryrsquared Simon Singh - Author, Journalist and TV Producer Specializing in Science and Mathematics Kevlin Henney - Consultant, Programmer, Keynote Speaker, Technologist, Trainer & Writer @KevlinHenney DESCRIPTION We invited Hannah Fry, Simon Singh and Kevlin Henney to a fireside chat about their math books. In this GOTO Unscripted you'll learn about their favorite numbers and equations as well as how humor and science go together. Lastly we will reveal who likes to cook their eggs in a microwave. TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 00:20 What’s your favorite equation? 10:32 The Taniyama-Shimura’s approach to problems & failures 17:36 Outside your comfort zone 19:58 Writing a book in collaboration with academia 31:17 Science and humor 37:48 What’s your favorite number? 44:59 What’s your favorite way to cook eggs? 46:02 Is maths invented or is it part of nature? 48:46 What's your favorite mathematical object? 51:47 Is communicating science harder than doing it? 56:14 Reengagement with the beauty of math as an adult 57:32 Outro RECOMMENDED BOOKS Hannah Fry & Adam Rutherford • Complete Guide To Absolutely Everything • https://amzn.to/32gNCpB Hannah Fry • Hello World • https://amzn.to/3eexibo Hannah Fry & Thomas Oléron Evans • The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus • https://amzn.to/32q9Epp Simon Singh • The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets • https://amzn.to/3w9WcRs Simon Singh • Fermat's Last Theorem • https://amzn.to/3wekpG9 Simon Singh • The Code Book • https://amzn.to/3k4RYFV Simon Singh • Big Bang • https://amzn.to/3bHsZnm Simon Singh & Edzard Ernst • Trick or Treatment • https://amzn.to/2ZThR4I Kevlin Henney & Trisha Gee • 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know • https://amzn.to/3kiTwJJ Kevlin Henney • 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know • https://amzn.to/2Yahf9U Henney & Monson-Haefel • 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know • https://amzn.to/3pZuHsQ Henney, Buschmann & Schmidt • Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 5 • https://amzn.to/3GAPzN7 https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #CompleteGuideToAbsolutelyEverything #TheSimpsons #Fermat #FermatsLastTheorem #HannahFry #SimonSingh #KevlinHenney #AdamRutherford #Programming #CodeBook #TheSimpsonsAndMath #MartinGardner #Mathematics #Math #AndrewWiles #Science #Numberphile #PierreDeFermat #TomorrowsWorld #LaurenLaverneShow #Veritasium #CollatzConjecture #RiemannHypothesis #BayesTheorem #TaxicabNumbers #Ramanujan #PietHein #Polymath #NavierStokes #EulersIdentity #LeonhardEuler #TaniyamaShimura #CodeNode CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1