Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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University of Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford explains why maths is truly the language of the universe. Featuring 3 alternative definitions of the number pi using football, the Titanic, and baking.

Presented as part of @duolingo Duocon 2022, a free global event at the intersection of language, learning, and technology: duolingo.com/duocon

Production by West Bound Filmworks
Katy Romdall - Executive Producer
Susan Kirsch - Creative Director
Tom Crawford - Writer, Video Co-Director, Researcher
Ryan Claypool - Producer and Video Co-Director
Ilaria Ghattas - Program Manager
Matt Andrews - Aerials and Camera Operator
Leo Brake & Juanru Zhao - Production Assistants

Dr Tom Crawford is an Early-Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow in Mathematics at St Edmund Hall, at the University of Oxford: seh.ox.ac.uk/people/tom-crawford

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