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'World's hottest maths teacher' swaps algebra for matters of the heart offering online lessons on love

A teacher who’s gone from the classroom to the catwalk is now giving lessons on love to his fans on Instagram.

Dubbed 'the world's hottest maths teacher', Pietro Boselli rose to fame thanks to his adoring engineering students after they secretly snapped photos of the hunk during his classes at University College London which, of course, they shared on social media.

This then led to him being entered into the sexiest teacher in the world competition, which he won.

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And it wasn't long before he was swapping the lecture hall for the runway, but he's now put his teacher hat back on and is once again in the classroom, albeit virtually.

The 33-year-old from Verona in Italy is giving lessons on love to his hoards of fans on Instagram. And there's a lot of them, 2.7 million followers to be precise.

Pietro Boselli became an internet sensation after snaps of him circulated on social media (2020 David M. Benett)

The former face of Armani has uploaded a series of videos, and he isn't shying away from any big questions.

He's already covered topics such as ‘most research findings are wrong’, ‘the scientific method is not what you think’, and ‘how to not care what others think’.

But it's his most recent lesson on love that has really got pulses racing.

Uploaded to IGTV, the half hour-long video entitled ‘What is love (the chemistry of love)’ talks about the burning subject from a purely scientific and logical stance - as befits the mechanical engineering PhD.

Perhaps aware that many fans would be unhappy for him to speak of the tender topic using cold hard facts, he points out that he still has time for love songs and poetry but that "we pursue knowledge undeterred and always come out better off".

He goes on to explain that love is not a feeling but a primary motivational system - although we can't see that sounding as catchy in a Barry White tune.

Further to that, Pietro says that a cocktail of chemicals results in the emergence of love, saying the phenomenon is just like a recipe for chocolate cake.

The muscly mathematician then goes deeper into the metaphor, likening lust, attraction and attachment to sponge, filling and icing.

However, he goes on to say: "I present these in order but it's not law. The things may well overlap or happen independently.

"Attraction and lust are separate but they go into the overall making of love - I'm just describing the most classic cake recipe here." Tasty stuff.

You can watch the full lecture on love here.

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