Sam Hartburn
@samhartburn.bsky.social
Freelance author, editor, creative mathematician www.samhartburn.co.uk www.qbfproofreading.co.uk
Today I learned the most fun new maths words of any #mathober zine I've made so far - hope you enjoy also learning the enjoyable new words! Inellipses are ace! PDF: https://katiesteckles.co.uk/mo5
#mathober continues, as it will tend to do, and I've done another tiny maths zine, this time on the topic of Connected Topology. How long will I continue? Who knows! I am tired https://katiesteckles.co.uk/mo6
Slightly delayed due to not being near a scanner, here's yesterday's quick maths zine for #mathober, on the topic of Linear Recurrence! PDF: https://katiesteckles.co.uk/mo4
It's #mathober day 3, and the prompt is PERMUTATION. Here's a little zine I made about different kinds of permutations! PDF: https://katiesteckles.co.uk/mo3
For day two of #mathober, the prompt is Zebra Graph. Here's a little zine with some fun facts about what they are. PDF: https://katiesteckles.co.uk/mo2
Today is the first day of #mathober (a month of mathematical creativity prompts, see https://mathober.com for details) and I've done a thing: it's a zine about today's prompt, the boundary of an ellipse! PDF here: https://katiesteckles.co.uk/mo1
Mathober is tomorrow!!! which means it's Mathober somewhere :) here is the prompt list and info: www.fractalkitty.com/mathober-202... #mathober #mathober26
Mathober 2026 Prompts
Are you ready? October is right around the corner and you know what that means? Mathober! This years prompts are on the website mathober.com and below. If you are new to Mathober, no worries, you can...
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We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
Ada Lovelace Day is coming up again on 13 Oct and, as you know, these days it is almost entirely unfunded. I've been invited to speak at or attend a few events, all of which I've said yes to because the mission won't further itself. I'm also still writing my report...
For anyone who's been waiting, canopyrobin.etsy.com is now open again for UK orders (selling pins to fundraise my transition)
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The MathsJam Jam is a rousing singalong to mathematical covers of well-known songs. Anyone can submit lyrics - find out how at www.mathsjam.com/gat...
It's the weekend, which means you're making plans for next week right? Why not grab yourself a ticket for An Evening of Unnecessary Detail at Up the Creek Comedy on Monday! An incredible line up of nerdy performers ready to regale you with facts & blow your minds with the nerdiest stuff they know.
Not long to go until I'm playing as part of the Pseudorandom Ensemble at MathsWorld in London! It'll be a fun night of music, maths and maybe more. Monday September 21st, tickets (just £8) from mathsworld.com/events (cw: pentagons)
The lineup for our next show is absolutely stacked! There's Steve Mould, Matt Parker and Helen Arney, plus a wonderful lineup that includes Freya McGhee, Matt Pritchard, Vanessa Madu, Michael Akadiri and Sam Hartburn You still have time to grab a ticket and join us at Up the Creek on 7 September!
The playlist for August's Animation Generation Collaboration is out! youtube.com/playlist... If you'd like to join in for September, the prompt is 'Proof Without Words' and you can find all the details at talkingmathsinpublic... - please share with anyone you know who likes making maths animations!
#MathsAnimationTMiP August 2026 RANDOMNESS
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The performers keep on coming! Michael Akadiri is multi-award winning comedian and resident (junior) doctor who has starred in Comedy Central LIVE, ITVs Stand Up Sketch & Channel 4s Stand Up to Cancer. He's joining us at Up the Creek next Monday, and there's still tickets! You coming?
Next up in an ongoing if irregular series of *Tom making an incomplete fool of himself in freely accessible media*, I chat to @steckl.es in an episode of the @tmip.bsky.social podcast! #Talking #Maths #InPublic #podcast 🏛️🎓 #MathsInMuseums #Museums #Education #MathsToday
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Who's booked tickets for the Pseudorandom Ensemble gig? 21st September 2026, 18:15, £8, MathsWorld UK (London's Southbank) (I'll be there!) #LiveMusic #maths
Every Solar Eclipse comes with a Lunar Eclipse 🌞🌙✨|| Sleepy STEM Stories youtu.be/0SS0SxjEv6Y A podcast of me talking about STEM facts in a very chill way, with rain in the background 🌈☔️ A very small subset of people have waited a very long time for me to continue this series 🥰
Every Solar Eclipse comes with a Lunar Eclipse || Sleepy STEM Stories
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Ntakwing@ntakwing.bsky.social · 2mo agoDear Ayliean, I have been following you on YouTube for a while, really like your Math + Arts content, your sleepy STEM stories (the voice and accent are 😍), but also your general energy. Numberphile brought me to you. Not much else to say, thanks and a happy birthday from a fan in Athens 😊
I will DEFINITELY be bringing a song or two! JOIN US!!
Spoken Nerd@fotsn.bsky.social · last mo.We're back with some big ole nerds, talking about big ole nerd stuff next week on 7th September! Plenty of seats left for you to join Helen, Steven, Matt & a wonderful line up of performers for an evening at Up the Creek Comedy Club! Usual gubbins, link below. We would LOVE to see you there.
Just a few days left to submit your entry for August's Animation Generation Collaboration - a community project to create 'process' videos of maths animations using a range of different techniques and processes. The prompt is RANDOMNESS, and you can find all the details at talkingmathsinpublic...
We're back at Up the Creek in just a few short weeks! And joining us is mathematician, singer and songwriter with several gigabytes of unreleased songs, it's Sam Hartburn. Grab your tickets for 7th September to see Sam and a whole lineup of wonderful nerdy performers! Tix at fotsn.com/tickets
Don't miss our one and only gig this year! Cracking new maths songs, old favourites, a set from the wonderful Helen Arney, and the chance to explore some of the MathsWorld exhibits! Monday 21st September at MathsWorld, London. Tickets at mathsworld.com/events/Pseud...
Join me at 11:00 CEST for another #MathsAnimationTMiP livestream where I try to code a visualisation for the prompt "Vectors":
Vectors - Animation Generation Collaboration 008 #MathsAnimationTMiP
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How can you describe what isn’t there? ‘Nothing has a name’ is a song that introduces some of the words we use for the concept of zero. Created by Tappy Math(s) to support children aged 3 to 6 in early mathematical thinking.
Ayliean is excellent at all these things and more!
Ayliean@ayliean.bsky.social · 3mo agoHehe well, I have near no work booked in for August or September - help! I’m good at entertaining maths talks… Commission me to: Create maths art for your office, Speak on your podcast, Compère your event, Walk your dog… I’m an expert in maths teaching and learning :) Feel free to share this 🤓💗
For this year's MathsJam UK Gathering, the early-bird cutoff is a number of tickets - the first 101 people to book will get a discount, so don't miss out! The Graph of Doom is already looking quite steep, and more than half the early-bird spaces are gone already...
TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Join us for one night only at the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End! Steve, Helen and Matt will be there alongside an out of this world line-up that we cant wait to reveal in the months ahead! Tickets can be found at fotsn.com/tickets
What makes a rectangle a rectangle? ‘A pair and a pair’ is a song that introduces the properties of rectangles.
