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Explore "sautoy" with insightful episodes like "How mathematics predict the future, Marcus du Sautoy", "Marcus du Sautoy: Are the world’s secrets hidden in numbers?", "The Num8er My5teries", "The Num8er My5teries" and "Mathematical Identity" from podcasts like ""BBVA Aprendemos juntos 2030", "Katie dot Show", "Department for Continuing Education Open Day 2012", "Department for Continuing Education Open Day 2012" and "Identity – Darwin College Lecture Series 2007"" and more!

Episodes (5)

How mathematics predict the future, Marcus du Sautoy

Marcus du Sautoy is a writer, television host and mathematics professor at the University of Oxford. He is best known for hosting the BBC documentary “The Code”, which explains basic concepts regarding the historical use and meaning of numbers. He says: “Some scientists want to discover a theory for everything, while I look at it from a different perspective, from another place: articulating some limits, establishing some questions that science was never able to answer.”

BBVA Aprendemos juntos 2030

esJanuary 23, 2019

Marcus du Sautoy: Are the world’s secrets hidden in numbers?

Marcus du Sautoy has been called one of UK’s leading scientists and most charismatic mathematicians. Amongst numerous accolades, Marcus has hosted several programs on BBC and is a professor at the University of Oxford. He even touts a discovery in the 9th dimensional space. Could his hypothesis that the secrets to the universe are in numbers and patterns hold true?

enMay 05, 2016

The Num8er My5teries

Professor Marcus du Sautoy - mathematician, footballer and amateur musician - shows how mathematicians have contributed to our understanding of the world around us for millennia. We are all taught how fundamental maths is to the world we live in. But did you know that Wayne Rooney solves a quadratic equation every time he connects with a cross to put the ball in the back of the net? That we use prime numbers when we shop on the Internet? In this lecture Professor Marcus du Sautoy - mathematician, footballer and amateur musician - shows how mathematicians have contributed to our understanding of the world around us for millennia. Mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy is our Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science.

Department for Continuing Education Open Day 2012

enDecember 19, 2012