Sam Hartburn
@samhartburn.bsky.social
Freelance author, editor, creative mathematician
www.samhartburn.co.uk
www.qbfproofreading.co.uk
www.samhartburn.co.uk
www.qbfproofreading.co.uk
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You can read the full review here: aperiodical.com/2025/09/revi...
Review: The Pseudorandom Ensemble at TMiP25
The number one component of music that really gets my attention is Brian May plays guitar, but a very close second is clever lyrics. The first morning of 2025’s Talking Maths in Public (TMiP) confe…
aperiodical.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
You can read the full review here: aperiodical.com/2025/09/revi...
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In August we performed at Warwick Arts Centre as part of Talking Maths in Public, described by one reviewer as "a beautiful piece of maths communication". We had a blast, and we've packaged up a few of the songs into a playlist for your listening pleasure. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Pseudorandom Ensemble at TMiP 2025 - YouTube
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November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
In August we performed at Warwick Arts Centre as part of Talking Maths in Public, described by one reviewer as "a beautiful piece of maths communication". We had a blast, and we've packaged up a few of the songs into a playlist for your listening pleasure. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Don't forget we have a shop selling Big MathsJam merch - from t-shirts to tea-towels, buy something with MathsJam on it to show your appreciation for recreational maths.
MathsJam Shop
Purchase merchandise for your favourite UK recreational maths meetup.
mathsjam.teemill.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Don't forget we have a shop selling Big MathsJam merch - from t-shirts to tea-towels, buy something with MathsJam on it to show your appreciation for recreational maths.
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New maths resources alert! We now have a cellular automata activity on 15minutemaths.com, made by the lovely @alisonkiddle.bsky.social - grab yourself some printables, slides and session leader notes to run an interesting and mindful maths activity!
Visit 15 Minute Maths's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
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October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New maths resources alert! We now have a cellular automata activity on 15minutemaths.com, made by the lovely @alisonkiddle.bsky.social - grab yourself some printables, slides and session leader notes to run an interesting and mindful maths activity!
Does anybody have any ideas where a 15-year-old could do work experience in music tech or a related area? He plays guitar, bass and drums and is also interested in production.
Preferably east Kent, though may be able to travel. The school work experience week is 6-10 July 2026. Thank you!
Preferably east Kent, though may be able to travel. The school work experience week is 6-10 July 2026. Thank you!
October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Does anybody have any ideas where a 15-year-old could do work experience in music tech or a related area? He plays guitar, bass and drums and is also interested in production.
Preferably east Kent, though may be able to travel. The school work experience week is 6-10 July 2026. Thank you!
Preferably east Kent, though may be able to travel. The school work experience week is 6-10 July 2026. Thank you!
Really looking forward to speaking and singing at the Maths Week England launch and being part of such a great line up of speakers mathsweekengland.co.uk?p=10473
October 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Really looking forward to speaking and singing at the Maths Week England launch and being part of such a great line up of speakers mathsweekengland.co.uk?p=10473
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The @ima-maths.bsky.social seems quite proud they invited BAE to speak at their conference.
I am so so disappointed that an institution which normally funds sweet creative maths projects and supports maths communities has chosen to platform BAE Systems which produces munitions used in genocide.
I am so so disappointed that an institution which normally funds sweet creative maths projects and supports maths communities has chosen to platform BAE Systems which produces munitions used in genocide.
October 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The @ima-maths.bsky.social seems quite proud they invited BAE to speak at their conference.
I am so so disappointed that an institution which normally funds sweet creative maths projects and supports maths communities has chosen to platform BAE Systems which produces munitions used in genocide.
I am so so disappointed that an institution which normally funds sweet creative maths projects and supports maths communities has chosen to platform BAE Systems which produces munitions used in genocide.
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I am so delighted to invite you to this event, hosted by the British Educational Research Association, in December: www.bera.ac.uk/event/arts-b...
where I and Joe will be talking about writing songs about research! ✍️🎵
where I and Joe will be talking about writing songs about research! ✍️🎵
Arts-based research and the ‘truth’: lessons from composing songs about and with research
In what ways does, or could, arts-based research shape our understanding of ‘truth’? How can creative methodologies expand traditional research paradigms? This online workshop invites...
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October 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I am so delighted to invite you to this event, hosted by the British Educational Research Association, in December: www.bera.ac.uk/event/arts-b...
where I and Joe will be talking about writing songs about research! ✍️🎵
where I and Joe will be talking about writing songs about research! ✍️🎵
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I'm looking forward to Inside Maths again! Maths enrichment day, 9 Feb 2026, for year 5 and their teachers, at the Ri, London. Featuring @robeastaway.bsky.social and Fran Watson, hands-on activity and puzzles. Feedback from last year: insidemaths.co.uk/feedback
Book here: insidemaths.co.uk/booking
Book here: insidemaths.co.uk/booking
FEEDBACK 2025
insidemaths.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I'm looking forward to Inside Maths again! Maths enrichment day, 9 Feb 2026, for year 5 and their teachers, at the Ri, London. Featuring @robeastaway.bsky.social and Fran Watson, hands-on activity and puzzles. Feedback from last year: insidemaths.co.uk/feedback
Book here: insidemaths.co.uk/booking
Book here: insidemaths.co.uk/booking
I'm horrifically late posting about this, but the playlist for the August/September Animation Generation Collaboration is now up! The prompt was to create an animation of a Hilbert curve, and there are some lovely ones! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#MathsAnimationTMiP August 2025 - YouTube
The TMiP Animation Generation Collaboration is a community project to create and publish 'process' videos of mathematical animations using a range of differe...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I'm horrifically late posting about this, but the playlist for the August/September Animation Generation Collaboration is now up! The prompt was to create an animation of a Hilbert curve, and there are some lovely ones! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Q: What do you get if you cross a mood ring with a pronoun pin?
A: My latest design at canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4376...
Please share!
A: My latest design at canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4376...
Please share!
September 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Q: What do you get if you cross a mood ring with a pronoun pin?
A: My latest design at canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4376...
Please share!
A: My latest design at canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4376...
Please share!
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On the Saturday evening at MathsJam, we gather around the metaphorical campfire with instruments and voices to sing songs that have been reimagined with mathematical lyrics. Find out more, and how to submit lyrics, at mathsjam.com/gatheri...
September 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
On the Saturday evening at MathsJam, we gather around the metaphorical campfire with instruments and voices to sing songs that have been reimagined with mathematical lyrics. Find out more, and how to submit lyrics, at mathsjam.com/gatheri...
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Want a cool Nature, #SciArt, or Dropout Pride pin that helps a trans small business? My designs are available at canopyrobin.etsy.com and ship worldwide*
*currently not to the US or Israel
*currently not to the US or Israel
September 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Want a cool Nature, #SciArt, or Dropout Pride pin that helps a trans small business? My designs are available at canopyrobin.etsy.com and ship worldwide*
*currently not to the US or Israel
*currently not to the US or Israel
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Join me in 15 minutes in a livestream and watch me struggle to code an animation about the Hilbert curve!
#MathsAnimationTMiP
#MathsAnimationTMiP
Hilbert curve - Animation Generation Collaboration 006 #MathsAnimationTMiP
YouTube video by Sum and Product
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September 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Join me in 15 minutes in a livestream and watch me struggle to code an animation about the Hilbert curve!
#MathsAnimationTMiP
#MathsAnimationTMiP
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Check out Kit wearing a Pseudorandom Ensemble T-shirt! You too could buy one, from pseudorandom-ensemble.teemill.com
My Mathstonbury T-shirt arrived from my friends in The Pseudo Random Ensemble ‘one of the UK’s top ten mathematically-inspired musical combos’!
How many bands to you recognise? Extra points for the maths connection.
pseudorandom-ensembl...
How many bands to you recognise? Extra points for the maths connection.
pseudorandom-ensembl...
September 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Check out Kit wearing a Pseudorandom Ensemble T-shirt! You too could buy one, from pseudorandom-ensemble.teemill.com
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Here’s a zoomed in version in case you wanted to better see the band names.
September 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Here’s a zoomed in version in case you wanted to better see the band names.
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My Mathstonbury T-shirt arrived from my friends in The Pseudo Random Ensemble ‘one of the UK’s top ten mathematically-inspired musical combos’!
How many bands to you recognise? Extra points for the maths connection.
pseudorandom-ensembl...
How many bands to you recognise? Extra points for the maths connection.
pseudorandom-ensembl...
September 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
My Mathstonbury T-shirt arrived from my friends in The Pseudo Random Ensemble ‘one of the UK’s top ten mathematically-inspired musical combos’!
How many bands to you recognise? Extra points for the maths connection.
pseudorandom-ensembl...
How many bands to you recognise? Extra points for the maths connection.
pseudorandom-ensembl...
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This month's #MathsAnimationTMiP deadline is 15th September - if you can make a video showing how to create an animation of a Hilbert curve being drawn, submit it for our playlist and share your approach! Info and submission link at tmip.uk/animation
September 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This month's #MathsAnimationTMiP deadline is 15th September - if you can make a video showing how to create an animation of a Hilbert curve being drawn, submit it for our playlist and share your approach! Info and submission link at tmip.uk/animation
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I reviewed the @prensemble.bsky.social gig at #TMiP25 for the Aperiodical:
aperiodical.com/2025/09/revi...
#music #maths #MathsToday
aperiodical.com/2025/09/revi...
#music #maths #MathsToday
Review: The Pseudorandom Ensemble at TMiP25
The number one component of music that really gets my attention is Brian May plays guitar, but a very close second is clever lyrics. The first morning of 2025’s Talking Maths in Public (TMiP) confe…
aperiodical.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I reviewed the @prensemble.bsky.social gig at #TMiP25 for the Aperiodical:
aperiodical.com/2025/09/revi...
#music #maths #MathsToday
aperiodical.com/2025/09/revi...
#music #maths #MathsToday
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Announcing our infographic competition, Graph Craft!
Thanks to a grant from #MathsWeekScot @mathsweek.scot we are delighted to launch our infographic competition for students aged 11-16 in #Scotland. Students can win a variety of book bundles - closes on 10th October. Submit here: bit.ly/4n9Aczn
Thanks to a grant from #MathsWeekScot @mathsweek.scot we are delighted to launch our infographic competition for students aged 11-16 in #Scotland. Students can win a variety of book bundles - closes on 10th October. Submit here: bit.ly/4n9Aczn
September 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Announcing our infographic competition, Graph Craft!
Thanks to a grant from #MathsWeekScot @mathsweek.scot we are delighted to launch our infographic competition for students aged 11-16 in #Scotland. Students can win a variety of book bundles - closes on 10th October. Submit here: bit.ly/4n9Aczn
Thanks to a grant from #MathsWeekScot @mathsweek.scot we are delighted to launch our infographic competition for students aged 11-16 in #Scotland. Students can win a variety of book bundles - closes on 10th October. Submit here: bit.ly/4n9Aczn
This show was so much fun! Hard to believe it was only 2 years ago that I did a lightning talk at @tmip.bsky.social entitled 'Do you wanna be in a band with me?' Now I have a wonderful community of people who love making maths music (most not pictured here). More to come soon, online and in person.
We had an amazing time performing maths songs to a sold-out audience, to open the Talking Maths in Public @tmip.bsky.social conference last week. We couldn't have asked for a more welcoming audience for our first in-person show. There will hopefully be a few clips coming soon!
August 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This show was so much fun! Hard to believe it was only 2 years ago that I did a lightning talk at @tmip.bsky.social entitled 'Do you wanna be in a band with me?' Now I have a wonderful community of people who love making maths music (most not pictured here). More to come soon, online and in person.
I didn't learn my lesson. Today's lunch featured cinnamon-flavoured hummus. Not what I was aiming for, but it was actually quite nice.
I accidentally seasoned the veg with cinnamon instead of paprika. How's your Friday going?
August 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I didn't learn my lesson. Today's lunch featured cinnamon-flavoured hummus. Not what I was aiming for, but it was actually quite nice.
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The MathsJam Gathering 2025 is now open for booking! We'll be at a new venue - Kents Hill Park, in Milton Keynes - on 22-23 November 2025. Tickets and more info at mathsjam.com/gatheri...
August 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The MathsJam Gathering 2025 is now open for booking! We'll be at a new venue - Kents Hill Park, in Milton Keynes - on 22-23 November 2025. Tickets and more info at mathsjam.com/gatheri...