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Associate Professor in Space Environment at the University of Birmingham, creating the next generation space weather forecast models. Included on Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

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World Cup 2018 Predictions

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Sean

The World Cup is almost upon us and so it’s time to make some predictions…

Football, Mathematicsfootball, predictions, statistics, world cupLeave a Comment

Number of Days Between Easter’s

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Sean

My three year old asked me a pretty interesting question this morning, “how many sleeps is it until next Easter?”

Mathematics, PythonpythonLeave a Comment

Was there room on the door for two?

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Sean

Could Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) from the motion picture ‘Titanic’ both have survived by both floating on the door? (Clearly there are a load of spoilers in this article – but the film did come out over 20 years ago so I’m not going to worry too much about
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Correlation of mean transfer spend and UEFA coefficient

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Sean

How does a countries mean transfer spend relate to its UEFA coefficient?

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Most expensive Premier League football transfer of all time: Rio Ferdinand

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Sean

No, this post isn’t 15 years late, Rio Ferdinand really did cost “more” than Paul Pogba…

Football, Mathematicsfootball, most expensive, record, transferLeave a Comment

Complex Reflection Groups

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Sean

After a spring clean I came across a talk I gave on the classification of complex reflection groups back in March 2011.

Mathematicsclassification, complex reflection groups, group theory, mathematicsLeave a Comment

Distribution of Pancake Day

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Sean

Today is pancake day and it got me thinking about the fact that I remember the day falling on my birthday (March 7th) just once in my lifetime. How long will I have to wait until it next falls on my birthday?

Mathematics, Pythoncomputus, easter, pancake dayLeave a Comment

Relationship between Car Insurance Price and Population Density

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Sean

There was some discussion in my office today about the correlation between car insurance prices and where you live. The idea being that the prices are correlated with population density.

Internet, MathematicsLeave a Comment

New Pound Coin

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Sean

Anyone who knows me / has been lucky (!) enough to have been on a maths or physics course taught by me will know how I like to moan about the mathematics of the new pound coin…

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Number of days until first Premier League manager sacking

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Sean

I’ll get straight to the point, on average the first Premier League manager is sacked after 77 days.

Football, MathematicsLeave a Comment

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