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, 17 June 2011

Maths in the City

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I have started an exciting new project called Maths in the City. Maths in the City aims to highlight the fundamental role that maths plays i...
Sunday, 2 January 2011

Objects for the Future on the BBC World Tonight

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Over the Christmas period the BBC World Tonight programme did a series of features where people proposed an object for the future. Listen he...
Thursday, 23 December 2010

4D Godless Christmas festivities

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9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People is a show celebrating science at this festive time of year. In its third year, this was my first tim...
Wednesday, 17 November 2010

The Beauty of Diagrams

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BBC 4 (6 x 30 mins) Transmitting weekly on BBC 4 at 20.30 and 22.00 from Thur 18th November 2010, BBC HD at 23.35 Why do complex scientific...
Sunday, 11 July 2010

Twitter Fibs

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I'm speaking at the Ledbury Poetry Festival today about the connections between maths and poetry. Among other things, I am going to be ...
Friday, 9 April 2010

Symmetry4Charity

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I am trying to help Common Hope get a permanent presence on the UK Global Giving website which will allow UK donors to the charity to benefi...
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Monday, 19 October 2009

The Secret You: Horizon BBC2

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Horizon: THE SECRET YOU BBC2 Tuesday 20 October 2009 9pm With the help of a hammer wielding scientist, Jennifer Aniston and a general anaest...
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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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