I was recently interviewed by Lucia Taboada for La Redada Podcast about my love of maths and how it is used in today’s world to model everything from penalty kicks to the next TV series you watch on Netflix. The interview was translated into Spanish for the actual podcast so I’ve also included the original recording of my answers in English – enjoy!
Podcast version
La Redada T08 E29: Tom Crawford the Naked Mathematician
Questions
- On your YouTube channel, you present science in an entertaining way. Why is maths so unpopular sometimes, maybe students are afraid of maths?
- How would you define the importance of mathematics in our life?
- Tom, I’m a huge supporter of a Spanish team called Celta de Vigo. You explain the possibilities using maths to improve the performance of football players. How can Celta de Vigo use this to improve? (unfortunately, we are now in the last positions)
- Penalty kicks are a science? Can you predict them?
- Have you been hired by any football team?
- Do you think football teams should hire math workers?
- You are a tutor in St John’s College at the University of Oxford where you teach maths to the first and second year undergraduates. Oxford is a traditional university – how are your methods received there?
- You have some maths tattoos on your body, thats right? Explain them to us?
English (unedited) version
Image: Residencia de Estudiantes
TOM ROCKS MATHS 