Experimental physicist Phil Moriarty works with temperamental microscopes and individual atoms. Today's topics include Ireland, mathematics, failing at university, microscopy, academic gripes... and music. Professor Moriarty's university page - including links to some of his papers - https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/philip.moriarty Phil's book: When the Uncertainty Principle Goes to 11: Or How to Explain Quantum Physics with Heavy Meta - https://amzn.to/3rJvnjh Some of Brady's videos with Phil -    • Professor Moriarty - Sixty Symbols   The Golden Ratio music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBgQPSUTWVM Phil's blog - https://muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/ Want more? Hear Phil with Brady on The Unmade Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/17-evil-genius/id1274023400?i=1000419608878 This episode was supported by G-Research, a world-leading quantitative finance research firm, hiring the brightest minds to tackle the biggest questions in finance - learn more at gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/ - https://www.gresearch.co.uk/numberphile/ You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile With thanks to MSRI - https://www.msri.org/ PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS: https://www.numberphile.com/podcast-transcripts