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December 7, 2020January 7, 2021 tomrocksmaths

Numberphile – How to build a Giant Dome

The dome at St Paul’s Cathedral in London was designed in the 17th Century by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke using some brilliant (and yet-to-be-discovered) mathematics…

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I'm back in the @dailymirror talking about the 6 unsolved Millennium Problems that could each win you $1-million... I've also updated the generic 'confused looking mathematician' stock photo with my face - what do we think of my Photoshop skills? Read the full article at tomrocksmaths.com (link on profile) #tomrocksmaths #dailymirror #millenniumproblems

It ends… 127 kilometres and 17 hours of running later we arrive @stedmundhall Oxford, having started @queens_college Cambridge. Quite why I decided to do this I will never know, but you all get to watch me suffer in a new YouTube video coming soon :) #tomrocksmaths #cambridge #oxford

It begins… Running from @queens_college Cambridge where I studied for my PhD to @stedmundhall Oxford where I now work. 61km down on day 1, 66km to go tomorrow. Video diary and GoPro footage to follow - wish me luck! #tomrocksmaths #cambridge #oxford

Enjoying the post-race entertainment at Silverstone last weekend for the @f1 British Grand Prix. The drivers enter the infamous Copse corner at over 200mph before slamming down hard on the brakes at Maggots, where the change in acceleration generates a force of over 6g - more than 6 times the force of gravity. Congratulations @lewishamilton on the victory! #tomrocksmaths #formula1 #gforce

NEW VIDEO: answering 150 questions sent in by YOU in celebration of reaching 50k subscribers. This is part 2 of the livestream event from last month - I felt it was only fair to answer each question submitted :) Premieres at 5pm (GMT+1) - join the live chat via tomrocksmaths.com (link on profile) #tomrocksmaths #qanda #celebration

What is the best way to project the surface of the spherical Earth onto a flat plane in the form of a map? Find the answer (and much more besides) in Philip’s excellent essay entitled ‘Maps and Projections' - a commended entry in the 2021 Teddy Rocks Maths Essay Competition. The image shows two routes from Lisbon to New York - the green one following a great circle (3350 km) and the red a latitudinal straight line (3450 km). Read the full essay at tomrocksmaths.com (link on profile) #tomrocksmaths #teddyrocksmaths #stedmundhall

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