Teaching and Learning

He's back. Our number 1 influencer. And he's not holding back. From chasing a ball, to insect flight, control theory and unpredictable stock markets, all in two minutes. Also featuring Sam Howison.

'Prime number', spoken in nine different tongues, kicks off the latest episode of 'the Tower of Babel'. It's followed by Luci Bonatto discussing her mathematical upbringing in Brazil and its influence on how she thinks and teaches in Oxford.

Oxford term is over and panting summer is here. So what have the guys learnt?

One day I saw one cow dressed in a uniform.

A vital piece of mathematical learning. Depending where you live, that is.

The Tower of Babel - Episode 4

As you know, It's the question we always get asked. Why do your lecturers write on whiteboards when the unparalleled joys of PowerPoint et al are available? Here's Derek Moulton's take.

In 2022 Fantasy Premier League winner Josh Bull made his World Cup predictions. They were okay, but no cigar. However, in the intervening four years he has really honed his mathematical skills. Now he is 100% confident he's found the secret sauce.

That Robin Wilson, he doesn't half go on.

To infinity in fact, the topic of Robin's eighteenth and final talk on the equations that made mathematics. With an irritating little paradox to whet your appetite below and the full talk here.

The World Cup is almost here and everyone has an opinion about likely winners. But being mathematicians, we have insisted on looking at the data, and we think we have found the secret to predicting results.

Josh Bull is our analyst in the studio.

Latest football results:

Probability 1 Linear Algebra 0

The Tower of Babel (Andrew Wiles Building, Oxford Mathematics branch) is a huge edifice crossing countries and continents.