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- The Format: This show-and-tell episode of Field Notes from The Rest is Science podcast features two hosts casually exchanging quirky science curiosities via mailbag questions and physical objects, blending geeky enthusiasm with light-hearted banter on language, physics, and randomness. Playful and exploratory.
- The Format: Casual chat between hosts with a show-and-tell twist.
- The Key Players:
- Just Hosts: Michael Marshall and Stuart Ritchie deliver electric chemistry through witty interruptions, shared nerdy excitement, and teasing critiques, bantering around science mailbag queries and personal object reveals on topics like crowd physics and decision-making tools.
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What you'll learn
- 1 **(02:20) Field Notes Intro**
- 2 **(03:28) Mailbag: Math or Maths?**
- 3 **(06:10) Mailbag: Mosh Pits, Fluid Dynamics & Crowd Safety**
- 4 **(16:50) Michael's Dice Collection: D1 to D10**
- 5 **(23:27) Dice Stories & Critiques**
- 6 **(29:16) Hannah's Random Numbers Book**
- 7 **(32:30) Michael's Math Books**
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Show Notes
From tiny six sided cubes to oversized polyhedrons with dozens of faces, Michael’s collection of dice is more than just a hobby, it’s a window into probability, design, and the strange ways we humans play with chance!
Why might some dice feel luckier than others? How do they shape the games we play, the mathematics we study, and the way we've made decisions throughout history?
Each die has it's uses but they all reveal the patterns, quirks, and surprises that lie in the numbers we trust and the randomness, or chance, that we don’t.
Welcome to The Rest Is Science: Field Notes.
Every Thursday, Hannah and Michael rummage through their personal troves of scientific treasure and source discoveries that explain our understanding the universe, oddities that scramble our brains, objects that hint at forces we’ll never see...and a few things that are essentially just plain cool.
Expect deep dives into the science behind each pick, the spark that grabbed their attentions, and the sheer delight they get from sharing it all with you.
They’ll also be tackling your questions, so email The Rest Is Science at [email protected]
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