Marcus du Sautoy
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Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy is a British mathematician, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford, Fellow of New College, Oxford, and author of popular mathematics and popular science books.
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I would teach the world how the Greeks proved, more than 2,000 years ago, that there are infinitely many prime numbers.
In "Life lessons" The Guardian (7 April 2005)
It is with Bernhard Riemann's work that we finally have the mathematical glasses to explore such worlds of the mind.
Conclusion in BBC's The Story of Maths, episode 4
Five hundred years ago, when faced with an eclipse, many of us would have believed it was the work of an angry god.
Conclusion in BBC's The Code, episode 3.
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Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy is a British mathematician, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford, Fellow of New College, Oxford, and author of popular mathematics and popular science books. He was previously a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and Wadham College, Oxford, and served as president of the Mathematical Association, an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) senior media fellow, and a Royal Society University Research Fellow.
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