Finding Moonshine

"Finding Moonshine: a mathematician's journey through symmetry" is a new book by the author of The Music of the Primes. In twelve chapters, one for each month of his working year, Marcus du Sautoy explores the nature of symmetry and gives an unparalleled insight into the working life of a mathematician.

Friday, 26 December 2008

Behind the maths block

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Many people emailed me after hearing Desert Island Discs to ask about what books did my teacher, Mr Bailson, recommend to me behind the back...
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Thursday, 11 December 2008

Desert Island Discs

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You can hear me on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs at 9 am on Friday 12th December. My choices: 1.Frühling-Spring Performer Lucia Popp...
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Wednesday, 3 December 2008

DVD of Story of Maths now available

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The DVD of The Story of Maths can now be purchased for £63.24 from the Open University. The films in this ambitious series offer clear, acce...
Saturday, 8 November 2008

Einstein, Plato...and you?

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To coincide with an article I wrote about my project to name groups for charity, the Daily Telegraph made a donation so that 10 of its reade...
Friday, 3 October 2008

Richter - Painting by Numbers

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Tomorrow I am giving a talk at the Serpentine Gallery about the new Gerhard Richter exhibition 4900 Colours. I must say that this exhibition...
Thursday, 2 October 2008

The Story of Maths

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My new series THE STORY OF MATHS starts on Monday 6th October on BBC4 at 9pm. There are 4 episodes which chart the history of mathematics fr...
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Wednesday, 1 October 2008

Sexy Maths

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I've started writing a new column in The Times newspaper every Wednesday that will appear in T2 under the slightly embarrassing name of ...
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Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy FRS is Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of New College. He is the author of Finding Moonshine, What We Cannot Know, The Number Mysteries and The Music of the Primes (all published by Fourth Estate). He has presented numerous radio and television programmes for the BBC. He writes for the Guardian, Daily Telegraph and The Times. More details can be found at www.marcusdusautoy.com
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