About adam
I am a…
Brainstormer, Educator/Teacher, Environmentalist, Parent, Performer, Philanthropist, Scientist
I'm passionate about
The power of the human mind, especially with regards to mathematics and the broader sciences.
An idea worth spreading
There is no largest prime number. The primes keep going infinitely. But the largest prime number we've yet discovered, if printed out as a novel, would be about 6,000 pages long - and we know it is prime as surely as we know that the number 7 is prime. i think that is truly beautiful.
Areas of expertise
Average Guitar Playing, Comedy Performance, debating, Mathematics (BMath), Media - all kinds- analyst & creator, Public Speaking, Science Communication, Women's Football Coaching
The TED story
Entered the Sydney leg of the worldwide talent search at the last minute when i heard they still had a couple of spots left open. Spoke about my love of numbers, in particular the largest prime number we've yet discovered. The rest is, as they say ...