“When I was younger I absolutely loved Star Wars. Being a curious kid however, I started to notice something was wrong: explosions shouldn’t make any noise in space and travelling faster than the speed of light was impossible. Then it hit me… it wasn’t real! Luckily, someone told me about people called ‘scientists’ who wrote real science fiction. This was the stuff I was actually interested in. The only difference was that their stories weren’t written in English but in the language of mathematics. Since that discovery I have been on the most exciting adventures in the universe, all with the power of maths!”
Simon Pampena combines the ideas of mathematics with the craft of standup comedy to communicate the true nature of maths – mind-blowing fun!
Simon Pampena is Australia’s leading maths communicator and motivator. He has written and performed for TV on ABC1’s Catalyst along with the ‘You Can Do Maths’ and the 2009 & 2010 National Literacy and Numeracy Week TV campaigns. On top of this he has written, produced and performed in seven maths comedy shows for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Darwin Arts Festival and Adelaide Fringe. Seeing one of Simon's comedy shows is to experience maths his way - a rocket-pack strapped full of maths enthusiasm!
To find out more about Simon, you can visit his website at numbercrunch.