Speaker: Tom Crawford (University of Oxford)
Presenter: Javier Muñoz Gallego
Date: 12 November 2019, 7:00 PM
Venue: Residencia de Estudiantes (c/ Pinar, 21-23. 28006 Madrid)
Summary: How to take the perfect penalty kick? What is the best place in the world to break a world record? What are the limits of human endurance? Mathematics has the answers to all these questions, and in this talk we will show you how to use them to get better at sports… though results may vary.
About the speaker and the presenter
Tom Crawford (Tom Rocks Maths) holds a PhD in Mathematics and currently works as a mathematics tutor at the University of Oxford (UK) and as a science communicator. His goal is to share his love for mathematics with the world through live performances, TV series (such as BBC’s Funbers), and interviews with leading researchers. This was his first visit to Spain, and his show promised to leave no one indifferent.
Javier Muñoz Gallego was the Sports Director at Agencia EFE from 2004 until November 2015, when he took over the direction of the sports content website of the Agency, PracticoDeporte, a position he still holds. He was also a member of the jury for the Prince/Princess of Asturias Awards in Sports from 2005 to 2015.