If you properly shuffle a standard deck of 52 playing cards then the chances are that the arrangement of cards you are now holding has never existed before in the history of the human race and likely wont again.
Author Archives: Dan Roach
Published again! Its been a while…
I’d almost forgotten I’d written this but I’m pretty pleased to see my work in print again. It’s been a while… My review of Dragan Radulović’s inquisitive work, Why Does Math Work … If It’s Not Real? has been published in this month’s Mathematics Today. I really enjoyed this whistle-stop tour of many key mathematicalContinueContinue reading “Published again! Its been a while…”
The story is just beginning…
It’s been quite an intimidating thought. And, if I’m honest, I’ve probably been overthinking it. Which all compounds the unnecessary stress I’m placing on myself. But, as you’ll know if you follow me on social media, I’ve finally plucked up the courage to start drafting my first novel. I wish I’d done it sooner. OneContinueContinue reading “The story is just beginning…”
What Happens if Asteroid 2024 YR4 Hits the Moon?
If I offered you odds of 1 in 3 to win the lottery, you’d take it right? Good odds. But what, if there was a 1 in 3 chance of an asteroid hitting the moon? Context is everything right? Asteroid 2024 YR4 – a name like that just rolls off the tongue doesn’t it… isContinueContinue reading “What Happens if Asteroid 2024 YR4 Hits the Moon?”
Rediscovering Handwriting with Kindle Scribe
Now that the holidays are here, I finally have time to write a blog, but this one’s a little different. Why? Well this is the first post I’ve written by hand for years! When I first started writing I used to write with a pen into a notebook. I find the act of sitting andContinueContinue reading “Rediscovering Handwriting with Kindle Scribe”