--- title: "1 Domino Quotes By Matt Parker" description: "1 Domino quotes by Matt Parker. Plus more from Matt Parker and more Domino sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/447/matt-parker-16629_computers_at-a-very-rough-estimate-the-domino-comp_594083.jpg" --- > [“At a very rough estimate, the domino computer we built took six hours to set up and run, which means it could do four calculations per day, if you had a team of domino-computer builders working around the clock. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/at-a-very-rough-estimate-the-domino-computer-we-built-took-six-hours/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/447/matt-parker-16629_computers_at-a-very-rough-estimate-the-domino-comp_594083.jpg) ## More by Matt Parker > [“Along with working on the Basel problem, Euler realized that adding an infinite sequence of reciprocal powers for all whole numbers will give you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/along-with-working-on-the-basel-problem-euler-realized-that-adding-an/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) > [“I was believing your kind were all dead!' Warvitch bellowed at the minotaur, over the sithkall's choking death growls. 'It will be a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/i-was-believing-your-kind-were-all-dead-warvitch-bellowed-at-the/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) > [“Despite their ubiquity on the number line, transcendentals are surprisingly hard to pin down. It took until 1873 to prove that e was transcendental,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/despite-their-ubiquity-on-the-number-line-transcendentals-are/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) > [“The proof in 1882 that pi is a transcendental number put a 2,000 year old problem to rest: for any given circle, can you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/the-proof-in-1882-that-pi-is-a-transcendental-number-put-a-2-000-year/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) > [“The compact disc may now be outdated technology, but a lot of music albums are still released on CD. A standard 700-megabyte CD is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/the-compact-disc-may-now-be-outdated-technology-but-a-lot-of-music/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) > [“The zeta function is the sum of an infinite sequence of inverse powers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/the-zeta-function-is-the-sum-of-an-infinite-sequence-of-inverse-powers/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) > [“At a very rough estimate, the domino computer we built took six hours to set up and run, which means it could do four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/at-a-very-rough-estimate-the-domino-computer-we-built-took-six-hours/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) > [“In our current number system, if you multiply 111,111,111 by itself, you get the rather pleasing 12,345,678,987,654,321 (all the digits count up from 1…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/in-our-current-number-system-if-you-multiply-111-111-111-by-itself/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) > [“Much as it took Lucas to revolutionize the search for Mersennes primes and Lord Kelvin to introduce new ways to look for space-filling-shapes, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/much-as-it-took-lucas-to-revolutionize-the-search-for-mersennes/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) > [“For DNA to reproduce, it needs to unzip itself down the middle, and the topology of the dna chain dictates which knots are formed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/for-dna-to-reproduce-it-needs-to-unzip-itself-down-the-middle-and-the/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) > [“To this day, the Clay Mathematics Institute's bounty of $1 million for anyone who can prove that all the non-trivial zeroes of the zeta…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/to-this-day-the-clay-mathematics-institute-s-bounty-of-1-million-for/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) > [“The Riemann Hypothesis states that all the non-trivial zeroes of the zeta function are on this line. If we can prove the Riemann Hypothesis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/the-riemann-hypothesis-states-that-all-the-non-trivial-zeroes-of-the/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) > [“I find this whole area of packing problems hugely exciting. Humans know very little about the mathematics of packing objects into spaces. It seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/i-find-this-whole-area-of-packing-problems-hugely-exciting-humans/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) > [“Golden powers give the Lucas numbers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/golden-powers-give-the-lucas-numbers/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) > [“For our 2D square, this diagonal length is sqrt 2 = 1.414; …The diagonal from the centre of each padding sphere to the centre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-parker/for-our-2d-square-this-diagonal-length-is-sqrt-2-1-414-the-diagonal/) [Matt Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-parker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/domino/matt-parker/#itemlist", "name": "1 Domino Quotes By Matt Parker", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“At a very rough estimate, the domino computer we built took six hours to set up and run, which means it could do four calculations per day, if you had a team of domino-computer builders working around the clock. 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