Marcus du Sautoy
Oxford mathematician; Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science.
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- Marcus du Sautoy is a British mathematician, born in London in 1965.
- He is Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of New College.
- His research uses number theory to study the mathematics of symmetry.
- His popular books include The Music of the Primes and The Creativity Code.
- He gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 2006.
Key facts
- Born
- 26 August 1965, London1
- Role
- Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, University of Oxford; Fellow of New College1
- Research
- Group theory and number theory; doctorate in 1991 supervised by Dan Segal1
- Books
- The Music of the Primes; Symmetry; The Creativity Code; Thinking Better; Around the World in 80 Games; Blueprints1
- Television
- Co-hosted School of Hard Sums with Dara Ó Briain; presented Mind Games on BBC Four1
- Also
- Co-director of PRiSM, the Centre for Practice & Research in Science & Music at the Royal Northern College of Music1
Links
- marcusdusautoy.com (opens marcusdusautoy.com)
- LinkedIn (opens uk.linkedin.com)
- Marcus du Sautoy on YouTube (opens youtube.com)
- Finding Moonshine (opens findingmoonshine.blogspot.nl)
- Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)
- Where they publish (ppll) (opens ppll.app)
- What they believe (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
- What they recommend (rcmnd) (opens rcmnd.app)
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