Just for fun... Featuring Matt Parker. Some REAL knot action at: http://bit.ly/Knot-a-Phile More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More videos with Matt: http://bit.ly/standupmath...
========== Alright, we're gonna do some street mathshere in the outdoors,which I've heard a lot about.But first...my shoe is untied.So we need to fix that.Now, most people would mess around doing some kind of complicated knot,not me - I'm a mathematician.I've got maths to do.Grab the two sides, pass 'em over, boom! There's your knot.Again, in slo-mo!I'd heard about it, you know, on the maths circuit.People would discuss the way that you tie your shoes, right?And so – I know it's been around for a long time, I know it's been passed downfrom mathematician to mathematician.But I'm not familiar with the earliest case, and I have heard names assigned to it,but I've not come across any one th...