Burstiness – Sixty Symbols
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We let Philip Moriarty off the leash to discuss burstiness and draw some graphs on his blackboard. Enjoy!
More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓
Professor Moriarty's blog to accompany this video: https://muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/2026/08/11/can-a-diffusing-molecule-predict-when-youll-answer-your-emails/
Philip Moriarty videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBMluNZrpoiFc-5buqD74JNs
Some papers and books discussed in this video...
Static heterogeneity generates apparent universality in first-passage bursty dynamics - https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15084
Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do - https://amzn.to/4q7dyu6
Power laws, Pareto distributions and Zipf's law - https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0412004
Modeling bursts and heavy tails in human dynamics - https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0510117
Darwin and Einstein correspondence patterns - https://www.nature.com/articles/4371251a
Burstiness of human physical activities and their characterization - https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.00201
Support our videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sixtysymbols
This project features scientists from The University of Nottingham
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Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran
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Brady's chemistry channel is Periodic Videos - https://www.youtube.com/periodicvideos
And mathematics at Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/numberphile
More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓
Professor Moriarty's blog to accompany this video: https://muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/2026/08/11/can-a-diffusing-molecule-predict-when-youll-answer-your-emails/
Philip Moriarty videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBMluNZrpoiFc-5buqD74JNs
Some papers and books discussed in this video...
Static heterogeneity generates apparent universality in first-passage bursty dynamics - https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15084
Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do - https://amzn.to/4q7dyu6
Power laws, Pareto distributions and Zipf's law - https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0412004
Modeling bursts and heavy tails in human dynamics - https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0510117
Darwin and Einstein correspondence patterns - https://www.nature.com/articles/4371251a
Burstiness of human physical activities and their characterization - https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.00201
Support our videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sixtysymbols
This project features scientists from The University of Nottingham
http://bit.ly/NottsPhysics
Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran
http://www.bradyharanblog.com
Brady's chemistry channel is Periodic Videos - https://www.youtube.com/periodicvideos
And mathematics at Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/numberphile
