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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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Shoutout to the students @wellingtoncollege for turning out in record numbers for my talk this week. It was great to see so many young people passionate about maths and saving our planet! #tomrocksmaths #wellingtoncollege #oceanpollution

The Hodge Conjecture is probably the most abstract - and therefore the most difficult to understand - of all the Millennium Problems. Learn more about the million-dollar question from my article in 'it magazine' - an art and fashion magazine from Zurich. Read the full text at tomrocksmaths.com (link on profile) #tomrocksmaths #hodgeconjecture #itmagazine

Continuing the Teddy Rocks Maths 2022 essay showcase, Radhika explains how error-correcting codes work and how they are related to the problem of how best to pack spheres in 3D space… Read the article at tomrocksmaths.com (link on profile) #tomrocksmaths #teddyrocksmaths #essayprize

Looking for whales in Hermanus, South Africa - one of the premier whale watching locations in the world. The Southern Right Whale is estimated to be growing at 7% per year. If there were 10,000 in 2008 (estimated by National Geographic), in what year will the population reach 6 figures? #tomrocksmaths #whalewatching #southernrightwhale

Penguin and a rainbow - what a glorious combination :). African penguins can swim up to speeds of 12mph, and hold their breath for around 2.5 minutes. If they travel at maximum speed how far can they go underwater? (HINT: you can do this without a calculator by thinking about what proportion of an hour 2.5 minutes equates to). #tomrocksmaths #penguin #rainbow

I made a new friend :). In the wild, elephants may feed for up to 16 hours a day, consuming approximately 300 pounds of food. This gives a rate of 18.75 pounds per hour. A human typically consumes 4 pounds of food per day - meaning we would need to eat all of our meals in under 13 minutes to keep up with an elephant! #tomrocksmaths #elephant #safari

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