Tom Rocks Maths | 50k Subscribers LIVE Celebration Q&A @TomRocksMaths | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated 4 hours ago
As a thank you to all of you fantastic people supporting Tom Rocks Maths, I'll be hosting a special livestream Q&A to celebrate reaching 50,000 subscribers.
A HUGE thank you to each and every one of you for supporting online maths content - here's to the next 50k :)
2:25 - What is the meaning behind the two Pokéball tattoos?
5:00 - How and when did you start listening to punk?
7:30 - Do you have any recommendations for calculus textbooks?
8:40 - How was Fermat's Last Theorem proved?
9:45 - What is a mathematical model?
11:26 - Which subject did you hate in high school?
12:54 - How did you become good at maths?
13:56 - Do you have a partner?
14:05 - Why did you choose to study maths?
15:30 - What was you thesis about and why did you choose it?
17:12 - What is your favourite multiplication?
18:20 - How do you get into Oxford and Cambridge?
20:20 - If you could meet any mathematician dead or alive, who would it be?
22:10 - What are your hobbies?
23:40 - At what age did you realise you were good at maths?
24:40 - How do you improve your maths abilities?
26:05 - What's your favourite course that you teach?
27:00 - What was your pathway from high school to becoming a professor?
29:20 - Do you have a teacher or mentor that inspired you to be interested in maths?
30:56 - Did you ever find it hard to motivate yourself to study?
33:50 - How tall are you?
34:08 - Is squaring a circle possible?
34:45 - Who is your favourite mathematician?
35:30 - Why is the derivative of e^x equal to itself?
37:06 - How has maths changed your life?
38:35 - Were you a gifted child in school?
40:57 - How far would you go to earn a Fields medal?
42:30 - How did you know you were interested in Maths?
43:18 - What is your favourite novel?
44:20 - Is it too late to change career at 40?
45:12 - Which niche topic of maths do you find surprisingly interesting?
46:04 - Do you play video games?
46:13 - Do you prefer integration or differentiation?
46:50 - What is the most beautiful equation?
47:18 - Do you prefer working in Eulerian or Lagrangian coordinates in fluids?
47:54 - What maths is related to theoretical physics?
48:32 - What is your favourite proof and why?
49:25 - What keeps you motivated?
51:15 - Would you ever consider visiting China or Hong Kong?
52:02 - Applied maths or pure maths?
53:10 - What is the best maths book ever?
54:05 - Can you try some more maths exams from other countries?
55:00 - What inspired you to become a YouTuber?
56:26 - Is a good idea to learn calculus before you are taught it at school?
57:30 - What grades did you get at A-level?
58:40 - What's the best thing about Oxford?
59:40 - What grades do you need to get into Oxford?
1:00:28 - What's the best way to revise to get an A* in maths A-level?
1:01:04 - What's a nice area of fluid you wish more people knew about?
1:02:59 - What were the biggest challenges during your degree or PhD?
1:05:04 - What sports do you do to keep fit?
1:06:00 - How good were you in college?
1:07:05 - How do you style your hair?
1:07:43 - What's your favourite slang term?
1:08:27 - What careers can you go into that are maths oriented?
1:10:40 - What's a mathematical story you wish you'd been the one to realise?
1:12:40 - What is your favourite cooking utensil?
1:13:20 - If you were a fish, what type of fish would you be?
1:14:12 - What is your favourite Pokémon?
1:14:52 - Do you have any maths projects planned?
1:15:52 - What's the best way to improve at maths besides doing a ton of questions?
1:16:34 - Do you have a mathematics series for beginners?
1:17:58 - What do you think about different high-school maths courses?
1:19:16 - How can you stay motivated when revising for exams?
1:20:50 - What type of maths did you find hard?
1:21:55 - Are you a fan of maths and computer science?
1:24:01 - What do you think of art?
1:24:41 - Do you have any class recommendations for a maths major?
1:25:40 - What is your favourite programming language?
1:27:25 - Any suggestions for learning discrete maths?
1:28:20 - Have you had any new tattoos recently?
1:29:14 - How competitive is undergraduate maths at Oxford?
1:30:10 - Were you a scholar at school?
1:32:12 - Do you have any suggested websites with good maths resources?
1:34:10 - How does a double pendulum lead to chaos?
My favourite proof: youtube.com/watch?v=UJRm-kO-iiI
Mandelbulbs: youtube.com/watch?v=I9EO9-izL9E
GCSE maths playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMCRxGutHqfl5IyeWr3jKG_oA-G-mer66
Chaos explanation: youtube.com/watch?v=F54yhRB9qDI
Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is an Early-Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow at St Edmund Hall: seh.ox.ac.uk/people/tom-crawford
For more maths content check out Tom's website tomrocksmaths.com
You can also follow Tom on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @tomrocksmaths.
facebook.com/tomrocksmaths
twitter.com/tomrocksmaths
instagram.com/tomrocksmaths
As a thank you to all of you fantastic people supporting Tom Rocks Maths, I'll be hosting a special livestream Q&A to celebrate reaching 50,000 subscribers.
A HUGE thank you to each and every one of you for supporting online maths content - here's to the next 50k :)
2:25 - What is the meaning behind the two Pokéball tattoos?
5:00 - How and when did you start listening to punk?
7:30 - Do you have any recommendations for calculus textbooks?
8:40 - How was Fermat's Last Theorem proved?
9:45 - What is a mathematical model?
11:26 - Which subject did you hate in high school?
12:54 - How did you become good at maths?
13:56 - Do you have a partner?
14:05 - Why did you choose to study maths?
15:30 - What was you thesis about and why did you choose it?
17:12 - What is your favourite multiplication?
18:20 - How do you get into Oxford and Cambridge?
20:20 - If you could meet any mathematician dead or alive, who would it be?
22:10 - What are your hobbies?
23:40 - At what age did you realise you were good at maths?
24:40 - How do you improve your maths abilities?
26:05 - What's your favourite course that you teach?
27:00 - What was your pathway from high school to becoming a professor?
29:20 - Do you have a teacher or mentor that inspired you to be interested in maths?
30:56 - Did you ever find it hard to motivate yourself to study?
33:50 - How tall are you?
34:08 - Is squaring a circle possible?
34:45 - Who is your favourite mathematician?
35:30 - Why is the derivative of e^x equal to itself?
37:06 - How has maths changed your life?
38:35 - Were you a gifted child in school?
40:57 - How far would you go to earn a Fields medal?
42:30 - How did you know you were interested in Maths?
43:18 - What is your favourite novel?
44:20 - Is it too late to change career at 40?
45:12 - Which niche topic of maths do you find surprisingly interesting?
46:04 - Do you play video games?
46:13 - Do you prefer integration or differentiation?
46:50 - What is the most beautiful equation?
47:18 - Do you prefer working in Eulerian or Lagrangian coordinates in fluids?
47:54 - What maths is related to theoretical physics?
48:32 - What is your favourite proof and why?
49:25 - What keeps you motivated?
51:15 - Would you ever consider visiting China or Hong Kong?
52:02 - Applied maths or pure maths?
53:10 - What is the best maths book ever?
54:05 - Can you try some more maths exams from other countries?
55:00 - What inspired you to become a YouTuber?
56:26 - Is a good idea to learn calculus before you are taught it at school?
57:30 - What grades did you get at A-level?
58:40 - What's the best thing about Oxford?
59:40 - What grades do you need to get into Oxford?
1:00:28 - What's the best way to revise to get an A* in maths A-level?
1:01:04 - What's a nice area of fluid you wish more people knew about?
1:02:59 - What were the biggest challenges during your degree or PhD?
1:05:04 - What sports do you do to keep fit?
1:06:00 - How good were you in college?
1:07:05 - How do you style your hair?
1:07:43 - What's your favourite slang term?
1:08:27 - What careers can you go into that are maths oriented?
1:10:40 - What's a mathematical story you wish you'd been the one to realise?
1:12:40 - What is your favourite cooking utensil?
1:13:20 - If you were a fish, what type of fish would you be?
1:14:12 - What is your favourite Pokémon?
1:14:52 - Do you have any maths projects planned?
1:15:52 - What's the best way to improve at maths besides doing a ton of questions?
1:16:34 - Do you have a mathematics series for beginners?
1:17:58 - What do you think about different high-school maths courses?
1:19:16 - How can you stay motivated when revising for exams?
1:20:50 - What type of maths did you find hard?
1:21:55 - Are you a fan of maths and computer science?
1:24:01 - What do you think of art?
1:24:41 - Do you have any class recommendations for a maths major?
1:25:40 - What is your favourite programming language?
1:27:25 - Any suggestions for learning discrete maths?
1:28:20 - Have you had any new tattoos recently?
1:29:14 - How competitive is undergraduate maths at Oxford?
1:30:10 - Were you a scholar at school?
1:32:12 - Do you have any suggested websites with good maths resources?
1:34:10 - How does a double pendulum lead to chaos?
My favourite proof: youtube.com/watch?v=UJRm-kO-iiI
Mandelbulbs: youtube.com/watch?v=I9EO9-izL9E
GCSE maths playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMCRxGutHqfl5IyeWr3jKG_oA-G-mer66
Chaos explanation: youtube.com/watch?v=F54yhRB9qDI
Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is an Early-Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow at St Edmund Hall: seh.ox.ac.uk/people/tom-crawford
For more maths content check out Tom's website tomrocksmaths.com
You can also follow Tom on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @tomrocksmaths.
facebook.com/tomrocksmaths
twitter.com/tomrocksmaths
instagram.com/tomrocksmaths
