We have mostly been...
What did you get up to at the weekend?
Enjoying – a talk given by linguist David Crystal and his son, actor Ben Crystal all about language and accents. I've seen David Crystal a few times before and he's always fascinating to hear, really entertaining and he makes language and linguistics incredibly clear and informative. This session was part of the Bath Literature Festival which takes place all this week in and around Bath city centre and we've got tickets for a few different things along the way.
Learning – all about the mathematics of the Simpsons. This was another Bath Lit Fest talk, one given by Simon Singh who's done extensive research (i.e. watching DVDs) into why so many mathematical conundrums appear in the show. To be honest, I haven't watched much of the Simpsons for several years now but it was still really interesting and I never knew that the majority of the scriptwriters on the show were mathematicians (hence the amount of stuff in there). Simon Singh even showed that at one point (and I think it was Homer), they manage to almost predict the mass of the Higgs Boson, about 14 years before the mass was actually worked out. Next time I watch an episode I'll be looking out for all the figures and equations!
Collecting – some books from the library, including the next one for the Blogger Book Club, The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan.
What did you get up to at the weekend?
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