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Oxford University Mathematician takes Australian High School Maths Exam

University of Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford sits the HSC Mathematics Standard paper taken by high school students in Australia. The paper in the video is the 2023 version of the exam from the New South Wales region. You can download the exam paper and mark scheme for yourself at the links below. 2023 Standard Maths: https://tomrocksmaths.files.wordpress.com/2024/04/2023-hsc-maths-std.pdf...

Fri Apr 12, 2024 16:22
Maths Speed Dating with @cs50's David Malan

Prof. David Malan @harvard answers randomly selected speed dating (and maths) questions with Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford. Full list of questions with timestamps below. 02:17 - Can you tell me some of the maths topics you studied at university? 05:12 - What is your favourite movie? 06:41 - Do you think magic is real? 07:43 - What...

Mon Apr 1, 2024 17:12
Baking a Pi Pie for Pi Day 2024

Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford bakes a pi-shaped pie to celebrate Pi Day 2024 - Maths has never been so tasty! Recipe with all ingredients in multiples of pi below. Pi Pie recipe: 3 pi eggs 63 pi grams sugar 45 pi grams flour pi grams baking powder 14 pi grams butter 2 pi ml vanilla extract Filmed for Duocon 2022, a free...

Thu Mar 14, 2024 00:52
The Maths of Ancient Egypt: Numbers, Calendars and Geometry in Architecture

Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford explains some of the maths used by the Ancient Egyptians - from their number system and calendar, to the geometry of their magnificent architecture. Filmed on location in Egypt. The video was inspired by an article discussing the 8-sided nature of the Great Pyramid of Giza, and how the concavity would affect...

Sun Mar 10, 2024 05:24
Introduction to Computer Science with CS50 - the most popular course on edX

Prof. David Malan of @cs50 @harvard teaches Tom the basics of Computer Science. Sign-up to take the course yourself for FREE here: https://cs50.edx.org/ CS50 YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcabW7890RKJzL968QWEykA CS50 on social media: www.instagram.com/cs50 www.twitter.com/cs50 David Malan's homepage: https://cs.harvard.edu/malan/bio/...

Wed Feb 28, 2024 05:42
How To Be More Productive (Using Maths)

University of Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford explains the maths behind productivity. Use the code TOMROCKSACUMEN for 40% off a premium subscription to Acumen. The mathematical model for productivity described in the video - "The Zenith Gradient Algorithm"- is the work of Jaheim Archibald, founder of Acumen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaheim-archibald/...

Sun Feb 18, 2024 18:32

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