Steve Mould
{{Short description|Science YouTuber}}
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| name = Steve Mould
| image = Steve Mould at FameLab UK 2013 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Mould at the 2013 FameLab Festival
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|10|5}}
| birth_place = Gateshead, England
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| education = University of Oxford (MPhys)
| channel_display_name = Steve Mould
| channel_handle = @SteveMould
| years_active = 2006–present
| genre = Edutainment
| subscribers = 3.24 million
| subscriber_date = 21 December 2024
| views = 863.3 9million
| view_date = 21 December 2024
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| associated_acts = Brady Haran, Numberphile, James Grime, Helen Arney, Matt Parker, Smarter Every Day, ElectroBOOM
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Steve Mould (born 5 October 1978) is a British educational YouTuber, author,{{Cite web |title=Buy my books here |url=https://stevemould.com/books/ |access-date=2019-09-21 |website=Steve Mould}} and science presenter who is most notable for making science-related educational videos on his YouTube channel.
Early life
Mould was born on 5 October 1978 in Gateshead, United Kingdom. He went to St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon, before going on to study physics at St Hugh's College, Oxford.{{Cite web |date=27 February 2014 |title=Science... with added laughs |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/features/11041702.Science_____with_added_laughs/ |website=The Northern Echo}}{{Cite book |url=https://issuu.com/sthughscollegeoxford/docs/chronicle_1997-1998 |title=St Hugh's College, Oxford - Chronicle 1997-1998 |date=19 July 2016 |edition=71 |pages=24,33 |language=en |access-date=27 July 2021}}
Career
In 2014, Mould co-hosted ITV's I Never Knew That About Britain alongside Paul Martin and Suzannah Lipscomb. He has also appeared as a science expert on The Alan Titchmarsh Show, The One Show, and Blue Peter.
File:cmglee Cambridge Science Festival 2015 Steve Mould chain.jpg Mould's YouTube video on rising self-siphoning beads, in which he demonstrated the phenomenon and proposed an explanation,{{Cite news |date=Jan 15, 2014 |title=Understanding the chain fountain: A problem-solving partnership (w/ Video) |work=Phys.org |url=http://phys.org/news/2014-01-chain-fountain-problem-solving-partnership-video.html}} brought the problem to the attention of academics John Biggins and Mark Warner of Cambridge University,{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Lizzie |date=14 January 2014 |title=Video: How the 'Chain Fountain' Defies Gravity |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/video-how-chain-fountain-defies-gravity |website=Science}} who published their findings about what has now been called the "chain fountain" in Proceedings of the Royal Society A.{{Cite journal |last1=Biggins |first1=J. S. |last2=Warner |first2=M. |date=15 January 2014 |title=Understanding the chain fountain |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society A |volume=470 |issue=2163 |page=20130689 |arxiv=1310.4056 |bibcode=2014RSPSA.47030689B |doi=10.1098/rspa.2013.0689 |s2cid=37699566}}{{Cite journal |last=Gibney |first=Elizabeth |date=15 January 2014 |title=Physicists explain 'gravity-defying' chain trick |url=http://www.nature.com/news/physicists-explain-gravity-defying-chain-trick-1.14523 |journal=Nature |doi=10.1038/nature.2014.14523 |doi-access=free |s2cid=123399792}} Warner has referred to it as the "Mould effect."{{Citation |last=Royal Society |title=Understanding the chain fountain |date=2014-01-15 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eEi7fO0_O0 |work=YouTube |language=en |access-date=2021-07-24}}Steve Mould, ''Investigating the "Mould Effect", TEDxNewcastle, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmFi1xhz9OQ
Between 2008 and 2010, Mould performed three sketch shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Gemma Arrowsmith.{{Cite web |title=Mould & Arrowsmith In 3D |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2010/m/18662/mould_%26_arrowsmith_in_3d/review?review=2108 |website=Chortle}} Since 2011, Steve has performed live science comedy as part of the comedic trio Festival of the Spoken Nerd, with mathematician Matt Parker and physicist singer Helen Arney. Festival of the Spoken Nerd has performed at theatres as well as science and arts festivals.{{Cite web |date=2 December 2014 |title=Indulge In A Spot Of Full Frontal Nerdity |url=http://londonist.com/2014/12/indulge-in-a-spot-of-full-frontal-nerdity.php |website=Londonist}}{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Veronica |date=17 April 2014 |title=Festival of the Spoken Nerd, Udderbelly Popular science show with a few whizz-bangs |url=http://www.theartsdesk.com/comedy/festival-spoken-nerd-udderbelly |website=The Arts Desk}}
In 2011 Mould and Parker together started MathsGear.co.uk, a website aimed at selling stuff they prepare for their mathematics shows. Mould's motive for starting the website was the constant inquiry from people to buy the stuff used in their shows.{{Cite web |title=Steve Mould |url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/steve-mould-6b893ba}}{{cite web | title=About Us | website=Maths Gear | url=https://mathsgear.co.uk/pages/about-us | access-date=2024-09-19}}
Personal life
Mould lives in London with his wife Lianne, who is a linguist, and their children.{{Citation |last=Steve Mould |title=I predicted the exact time of my daughter's birth using science and data - from Just For Graphs |date=2017-12-07 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7q0Y2W0Rn4 |access-date=2018-02-16}}Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211210/Vkfobw_PSSE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160812232432/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfobw_PSSE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfobw_PSSE |title=Gravitational waves explained a little deeper |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/steventhebrave Steve Mould's YouTube channel]
- [https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/ Festival of the Spoken Nerd]
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Category:People from Gateshead
Category:Mathematics popularizers
Category:British science communicators
Category:Educational and science YouTubers