The Pokédex is WEIRD (with @standupmaths)
Oxford University Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford explores the maths behind some of the strangest Pokédex entries… with a cameo from Matt Parker @standupmaths. Check out his video on the Pokémon Calculator here: • How commas broke the Pokémon calculator bu... Content based on the original article by TRM intern Sam Flower. Read it here: https://tomrocksmaths.com/2021/12/10/... All in-game footage and images are copyright The Pokémon Company, Gamefreak and Nintendo. They are shown under a fair-use policy for the purposes of education and review. Here are the Pokémon considered and why their Pokédex entries are ridiculous... Wailord: has a density lighter than air, despite living underwater. Cosmoem: has a density higher than a black hole. Magcargo: 50 of them could power the UK. Bewear: creates more force than a car crash at 30mph. Rhyhorn: has more power than 1000 lbs of explosive. Blaziken: has a standing jump of over 100m. Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. Tom is an Early-Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow at St Edmund Hall: https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/people/tom-c... For more maths content check out Tom's website https://tomrocksmaths.com/ You can also follow Tom on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @tomrocksmaths. / tomrocksmaths / tomrocksmaths / tomrocksmaths Get your Tom Rocks Maths merchandise here: https://beautifulequations.net/collec... With thanks to Matt Parker Sam Flower Nintendo Gamefreak The Pokémon Company DaddyGamer Fred Bilovitskiy Andrew Whale Mars Inc. NASA Britax Chris Vids U.S. Navy Seal and SWCC
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