He has his own YouTube channel, 'Stand-up Maths', with over one million subscribers, and also frequently appears as a guest on other popular channels such as Brady Haran's Numberphile and James May's Head Squeeze (now BritLab). Parker has appeared in numerous YouTube videos, talking about various subjects related to mathematics.

His goal is 'to get more people more excited about maths.' He now helps students communicate mathematics to other people, speaks at schools, does media work, and occasionally writes about maths. He later went back to teaching, before stopping after one year. He became involved in support education, working with universities and other organizations to arrange maths talks. Career Īfter college, Parker taught maths in Australia for a while before moving to London and continuing teaching. Having become interested in comedy, he enrolled on course for stand-up. While at university, Parker wrote comedy for Pelican, the students' magazine, and produced comedy sketches. His love of maths led him to want a job in the subject. Parker went to the University of Western Australia and started off studying mechanical engineering before he 'realized the very real risk of being employable at the end of it.' He switched into physics and later mathematics. He began showing an interest in maths and science from a young age, and at one point was part of his school's titration team. Matt Parker was born in Perth, Australia, : 77 and grew up in the northern suburb of Duncraig. He is a former maths teacher and has helped popularise maths via his tours and videos. Parker was the Public Engagement in Mathematics Fellow at Queen Mary University of London. His book Humble Pi was the first maths book in the UK to be a Sunday Times No. Matthew Thomas Parker (born 22 December 1980) : 20:45 is an Australian recreational mathematician, author, comedian, YouTube personality and science communicator based in the United Kingdom. 'Matt Parker never got the memo about maths being boring. 'Matt Parker is some sort of unholy fusion of a prankster, wizard and brilliant nerd - clever, funny and ever so slightly naughty' Adam Rutherford, author of Creation 'The book oozes with sheer joy' New Scientist And always with something for you to make or do along the way. Starting with simple numbers and algebra, this book goes on to deal with inconceivably big numbers in more dimensions than you ever knew existed. Mathematician Matt Parker uses bizarre Klein Bottles, unimaginably small pizza slices, knots no one can untie and computers built from dominoes to reveal some of the most exotic and fascinating ideas in mathematics. Matt Parker, author of the No.1 bestseller Humble Pi, takes us on a riotous journey through the possibilities of numbers 'Maths at its most playful and multifarious' Jordan Ellenberg

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