Marcus du Sautoy

British professor of mathematics · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Born 1965 · age 61

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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2016Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward2014Christopher Zeeman MedalAward2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward2010Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward2009Michael Faraday PrizeAward2008Honorary DoctorateAward2005“I would teach the world how the Greeks proved, more than 2,000 years ago, that there are infinitely many prime numbers.”In their words7 April 2005The GuardianRead the whole statement

2004Peano PrizeAward2001Berwick PrizeAward1965Born26 August 1965

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Marcus du Sautoy in 2007

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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, Own words
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., Own words

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Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society2016

Christopher Zeeman Medal2014

Fellow of the American Mathematical Society2013

Officer of the Order of the British Empire2010

Michael Faraday Prize2009

Honorary Doctorate2008

Peano Prize2004

Berwick Prize2001

About this person

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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United Kingdom