Using Maths to Clean the Ocean
Where does river water go when it enters the ocean? And what does this have to do with plastic pollution? Dr Tom Crawford explains his PhD thesis in Fluid Dynamics, and shares the story of how he ended up sailing around Antarctica for 6 weeks in the name of maths…
Robinson Lecture, open to all:
Friday 7 March, 5-6.30pm Robinson Auditorium Book here
Dr Tom Crawford teaches Maths at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge and he is a College Teaching Officer at Robinson, He also runs the award-winning 'Tom Rocks Maths’ outreach programme. With over 25 million views on YouTube, it's likely you’ve seen him taking a high school maths exam with no preparation, or talking all things fluid dynamics on Numberphile. When not misbehaving with numbers, Tom can usually be found playing football, snowboarding or getting a new maths tattoo (15 and counting…). Find out more about Tom on his youtube channel
