The second episode of season 2 of Tom Rocks Maths on Oxide Radio – Oxford University’s student radio station. Featuring the numbers behind the sub 2-hour marathon world record attempt, P versus NP and the battle for control of the world, and the usual dose of Funbers with my super sweet 16. Plus, music from Blink 182, Billy Talent and Hollywood Undead. This is maths, but not as you know it…
Take me to your chalkboard
Is alien maths different from ours? And if it is, will they be able to understand the messages that we are sending into space? My summer intern Joe Double speaks to philosopher Professor Adrian Moore from BBC Radio 4’s ‘a history of the infinite’ to find out…
OxTALENT Awards 2018
Incredibly excited to announce that I’ve won an award courtesy of OxTALENT at the University of Oxford in the category of Outreach and Widening Participation. Thanks to you all for the support and here’s to many more exciting times for Tom Rocks Maths!
Outreach and Widening Participation
Outreach and widening participation activities deliver an important dimension of the University’s work in raising aspirations, promoting diversity and encouraging people from non-traditional backgrounds to enter higher education. This category awards staff and students who have made innovative use of technology to deliver exceptional widening participation activities and to support learners from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Joint winner:
Tom Crawford (St Hugh’s College) for ‘Tom Rocks Maths’
