Is Maths the Language of the Universe? (Duocon 2022)

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: www.duolingo.c...
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
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Dr Tom Crawford is an Early-Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow in Mathematics at St Edmund Hall, at the University of Oxford: www.seh.ox.ac....
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[@RC32Smiths01]

Such an interesting question! Math and science surely has a rightful place in paving the way for the future and beyond!

[@hreader]

Speaking as a fan of classical music I greatly enjoyed the background to the pi(e)-making!

[@TomRocksMaths]

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[@johnchessant3012]

π is also equal to sqrt(6/p) where p is the probability that two randomly chosen positive integers are coprime

[@glennsaunders630]

Loved that one!!! Footy one was ace!

[@martinrevoiralynch4460]

8:38 I would love you to said: "Its a Math Miracle!!" 🙂
9:50 Love to that helpfull and furtive hand

[@yerayberriopena]

This is incredible!

[@justanormalyoutubeuser3868]

I'm waiting for the duolingo maths course.

[@TomRocksMaths]

You and me both!!

[@camachojankowilderbeismar6167]

Best video greetings from Bolivia

[@amwq112]

Math is not only the language of the universe, but rather the language of information, extending beyond our universe.

[@pedrosoares9470]

BEST PI VIDEO

[@alexsouthpb55]

You need to apply Boyle’s Law: the Volume of ping pong ball @4000m below sea level (depth of Titanic wreck) would be 1/117kPa as at sea level. i.e. you’ll need lots more ping pong balls. Regardless, you would need another Titanic as a load to haul the billion ping pong balls down which by the way would be completely crushed by the time you reached the bottom with no air left in them. Fun calculation, but not feasible in so many ways.

[@sssophia_hu]

I found this video! Yesterday's now you are playing

[@pedropicapiedra4851]

Un jardinero de amor, siembra una flor y se va, llega otro y la cultiva, dime de quien de los dos sera

[@christianorlandosilvaforer3451]

interesting like plank's units system

[@mariadelourdesaniessanchez1473]

but I have mistakes when study
I feel you help me ok

[@buidelrat132]

Shouldn't the minimum number of balls required only rise to barely above the surface? The proportion of the ping pong balls below the water line makes it look like you only needed 6 or 7 balls.

[@themibo899]

what would have been nice is to show the viewers that with one ping pong less the titanic wouldn’t float up, because you could have just picked a big enough number of balls and say done it works.

[@xeuszzz]

Your lack of using approximate equality sign is disturbing. 🤨😁

[@InforSpirit]

Math is the Language of universe,
because it is The Game of relation.
But notation of math is not,
It' just chimera of historic events.

[@I.____.....__...__]

- 8:41 A bigger win for maths would've been if you had taken one of the ping-pong balls out to show that it then sinks.
- 12:53 Yes, you _do_ have to eat it, otherwise it undermines your entire point. You wouldn't want to let maths down would you?

[@TomRocksMaths]

Don’t worry, we ate it :)

[@belleringr6377]

👍😁💪think of 🍏👠😂👩🏻‍🏫📸🏫

[@mariadelourdesaniessanchez1473]

I feel help me study english

[@mariadelourdesaniessanchez1473]

I understand math
problem? for me don't understand english

[@olliecole7163]

Why does this only have 7k views?!

[@jaredlitwiller745]

I’d love to see it again but instead show the mathematics of the physics involved to get the football through the hoop. Also need to revisit the ping pong balls, as i think your math is incorrect because the farther below the surface the less buoyant they become e.g. @10m they are only 1/2 volume because 2x atmospheric pressure…

[@dakerbal]

By Archimedes’ Principle the buoyancy force is independent of depth

[@ewjh_26]

common maths W

[@mariadelourdesaniessanchez9731]

I think people red
I don't understand english

[@cycklist]

God I detest this modern trend of filming a person speaking to camera from a weird side angle.

[@Dr_LK]

I usually like your videos but this was a bit of a waste of time... you could have shown something more educational, down to earth, with real pi applications, even discuss how we would talk to aliens!

[@TomRocksMaths]

The talk was meant to be limited to 10 minutes so I already crammed in way more than I was supposed to!

[@TomLeg]

You ignored the depth of the titanic. The pressure on the ping pong ball will crush it to a smaller size, changing its density. And the density of the ocean is different at depth.

[@troyhayder6986]

Well let's constructively analyse language...
Every letter of every alphabet in the world starts with the first letter...