Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Johann Beurich aka @DorFuchs answers randomly selected speed-dating-style questions with Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford.
Featuring the international maths olympiad, an incredible theorem involving pi (naturally), the annual Dorfuchs Settlers of Catan competition, and a rule book for all of civilisation...
Full list of questions with timestamps below.
7:46 If a movie was made about your life, who would you want to play you?
9:24 If you could invite anyone dead or alive to dinner, who would it be?
10:50 What is your dream job?
14:18 Do you break traffic rules if you do not see a cop around?
16:38 If you could commit 1 crime without being caught, what would it be?
19:57 What is your favourite topic you’ve researched?
22:28 If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
23:51 Who is your favourite mathematician?
28:47 What would you take with you to a desert island?
31:16 What is your favourite theorem?
33:46 What is the cheesiest chat-up line you have ever heard?
35:07 What was your best weekend this year?
38:41 How many US states have you visited?
42:08 If you were a bird, what kind of bird would you be?
44:18 What was the biggest trouble you go into at school?
46:54 If you could be granted 3 wishes, what would they be?
Check out Johann's channels here:
DorFuchs youtube.com/c/DorFuchs
TheGermanFox youtube.com/c/TheGermanFox
Find the videos mentioned in the interview at the links below.
Stirlings Formula Song: youtu.be/laJJfH6urrA
π is Irrational Song: youtu.be/VbxjBGTcJ9c
Exactly 6/π^2 of all points from the origin are visible: youtu.be/2uz1xCOZJUU
Binomial Theorem Song: youtube.com/watch?v=EYbvhWEG6kE
Quadratic Formula Song: youtube.com/watch?v=SmtIHtUD0xw
More in the Maths Speed Dating series:
@3blue1brown: youtube.com/watch?v=Xh2LVy7B5q0
@MikeBoyd: youtu.be/BQnQsa-VDeg
Learn How to Mix Music with Young Guru (on Skillshare): skillshare.com/classes/Learn-How-to-Mix-Music-with-Young-Guru/1735478924
Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is an Early-Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow in Mathematics 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
Get your Tom Rocks Maths merchandise here:
beautifulequations.net/collections/tom-rocks-maths
The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/tomrocksmaths08221
Johann Beurich aka @DorFuchs answers randomly selected speed-dating-style questions with Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford.
Featuring the international maths olympiad, an incredible theorem involving pi (naturally), the annual Dorfuchs Settlers of Catan competition, and a rule book for all of civilisation...
Full list of questions with timestamps below.
7:46 If a movie was made about your life, who would you want to play you?
9:24 If you could invite anyone dead or alive to dinner, who would it be?
10:50 What is your dream job?
14:18 Do you break traffic rules if you do not see a cop around?
16:38 If you could commit 1 crime without being caught, what would it be?
19:57 What is your favourite topic you’ve researched?
22:28 If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
23:51 Who is your favourite mathematician?
28:47 What would you take with you to a desert island?
31:16 What is your favourite theorem?
33:46 What is the cheesiest chat-up line you have ever heard?
35:07 What was your best weekend this year?
38:41 How many US states have you visited?
42:08 If you were a bird, what kind of bird would you be?
44:18 What was the biggest trouble you go into at school?
46:54 If you could be granted 3 wishes, what would they be?
Check out Johann's channels here:
DorFuchs youtube.com/c/DorFuchs
TheGermanFox youtube.com/c/TheGermanFox
Find the videos mentioned in the interview at the links below.
Stirlings Formula Song: youtu.be/laJJfH6urrA
π is Irrational Song: youtu.be/VbxjBGTcJ9c
Exactly 6/π^2 of all points from the origin are visible: youtu.be/2uz1xCOZJUU
Binomial Theorem Song: youtube.com/watch?v=EYbvhWEG6kE
Quadratic Formula Song: youtube.com/watch?v=SmtIHtUD0xw
More in the Maths Speed Dating series:
@3blue1brown: youtube.com/watch?v=Xh2LVy7B5q0
@MikeBoyd: youtu.be/BQnQsa-VDeg
Learn How to Mix Music with Young Guru (on Skillshare): skillshare.com/classes/Learn-How-to-Mix-Music-with-Young-Guru/1735478924
Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is an Early-Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow in Mathematics 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
Get your Tom Rocks Maths merchandise here:
beautifulequations.net/collections/tom-rocks-maths
