The penultimate image from the ‘Tattooed Academics’ exhibition shows Maxwell’s Equations and how they can be combined to show that light is a wave. To this day, one of my favourite mathematical proofs, and still one of my favourite tattoos!

Credit: Royal Museums Greenwich 2023

Finishing off book 16 of Robin Hobb’s ‘Realm of the Elderlings’. 9 months + 11,000 pages = probably the best series I’ve ever read. Any recommendations of something similar to read next?

It Maya be busy, but “the beach” is pretty spectacular… To help preserve the national park visitor numbers are limited to 4000 per day. How long would it take for the entire population of Thailand to visit?

Happening in 4 weeks - secure your tickets now before the webinar reaches maximum capacity! Here from myself, Simon Clark, Rob Eastaway, Sophie Maclean, and James Grime. Only £55 for all 5 lectures with live watch-along and audience Q&A.
Tickets here: conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/maths-…

Shark spotting at Mosquito Island. Statistically, you are 3 times more likely to die in a plane crash than be attacked and killed by a shark, which has a probability of 1 in 3.75 million. How many times more likely do you think it is that you will become a Fortune 500 CEO?

Dr Tom Crawford asks Professor David J. Malan what makes him feel old 🤔

Let the book writing begin!! Stay tuned for updates :)

Such a deep rumble you apparently can’t hear it… The average human can hear frequencies as low as 20 Hz which means 20 waves per second, where a wave is one complete period of a sine function. If sin(x) has a period of 2 pi seconds, what function gives a frequency of 20 Hz?

More sweat than man at this point but that is one impressive reclining Buddha. The temple at Wat Pho is considered the earliest centre for public education in Thailand which makes me very happy as a tutor Oxford Continuing Education. Lifelong learning for all :)

Remember to get your applications in ASAP if you want to work with me as the Tom Rocks Maths Social Media Assistant. A great opportunity for any students looking to earn some extra $$$ and gain experience as a creator. More info and application form here: tomrocksmaths.com/2024/04/25/job…

Dr Tom Crawford asks Professor David J. Malan if magic is real 🪄

Your favourite mathematical duo are back as I once again team up with James Grime - this time to play an original copy of Lewis Carroll's Game of Logic. If only we can deduce the rules...

Premieres today at 5pm (GMT+1) - see you in the live chat!
youtube.com/watch?v=vAFcJG…

Maths Dinner 2024 @stedmundhall - a great way to celebrate the start of summer term before the real work (exam revision) begins. Good luck everyone and remember to do more preparation than I do for my YouTube exam videos!!

6 days, $1 million, >200 million viewers - can AlphaGo defeat the world’s best Go player? And what does it all mean for the future of AI? Article 3 from TRM intern Clare ends the series and cements AlphaGo’s place in history as the OG of AI. ChatGP-who?
tomrocksmaths.com/2024/04/29/the…

I loved football stickers as a kid so it was an incredible amount of fun to apply some Maths to work out the most efficient way to complete the Topps Euro 2024 album. By making the most of your 'parallels' you can do it for under £100 - more info below :)
tomrocksmaths.com/2024/04/27/mat…

We had the fantastic Dr Tom Crawford visit LUSoM today to deliver 2 talks to students. We had high schools from across Lancashire attend for a KS3 talk on the 'Maths of Pokemon' followed by a talk for our LUSoM students on 'Modelling the spread of pollution in the ocean'.

There ain’t no party like a mathematicians party… dressed to the nines to celebrate the start of the Tom Rocks Maths world tour. First stop: Thailand. I can’t wait to meet you all!

Year 9 pupils enjoying a talk by Dr Tom Crawford at Lancaster University School of Mathematics
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