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.

Thursday, 13 February 2014

1+2+3+4+...=-1/12

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The equation 1+2+3+4+...=-1/12 is shorthand for how to meromorphically continue the Riemann zeta function beyond its region of conv...
Saturday, 1 June 2013

Geometric Unity

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Physics has a problem. In fact quite a few problems. Why are there three generations of fundamental particles, each seemingly just a heav...
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Sunday, 24 February 2013

BBC Radio 6: Maths and Music with Miranda Sawyer

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I did an interview for Miranda Sawyer on BBC Radio 6 for her forthcoming series which will include a programme about maths and music. I di...
Monday, 15 October 2012

Queen given dominion in hyperspace

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An Oxford University mathematician will give Her Majesty The Queen an unusual Diamond Jubilee gift: her very own piece of mathematical in...
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Monday, 11 June 2012

Maths on Stage: The Dramatic Life of Numbers

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A packed tent for double maths at 10 on a Saturday morning at the Hay Festival was a very gratifying sight as I came on stage for the fi...
Monday, 28 May 2012

Dara O'Briain's School of Hard Sums

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I am co-hosting a mad comedy maths game show with Dara O'Briain on the TV channel Dave . I was away filming for another series la...
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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...
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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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