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Professor Marcus du Sautoy OBE is the second holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford.
A Fellow of New College, Oxford, and winner of the 2001 Berwick Prize of the London Mathematical Society, Professor du Sautoy regularly writes for The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph.
He presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 2006 and has also written numerous academic articles and popular books on mathematics, including the bestseller The Music of the Primes, which was also televised on BBC Four in 2005. His latest book Finding Moonshine was published in February 2008. In the 2010 New Year Honours, Professor du Sautoy was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
Professor du Sautoy has been involved in science at Oxford since 1983 when he first arrived as a mathematics undergraduate. He is a member of the University's Mathematical Institute and is a Senior Media Fellow of the EPSRC. His research interests include understanding the world of symmetry using zeta functions, a classical tool from number theory. His work uses a wide range of methods including p-adic Lie groups, model theory, algebraic geometry and analytic methods.
Series featuring Marcus du Sautoy
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Christmas Science Lectures
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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
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The Secrets of Mathematics
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Alumni Weekend
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Engage: Social Media Talks
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Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences at the Department for Continuing Education
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Department for Continuing Education Open Day 2012
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Valentine's Day at Oxford
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Kellogg College
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Inside Oxford Science
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Science in Society
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Thinking with Things: The Oxford Collection
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42 | A Good Science Read: The importance of Mathematics and Engineering | Professor Marcus du Sautoy joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss A Mathematician’s Apology by GH Hardy and Exactly: How Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester. | Frances Ashcroft, Marcus du Sautoy | 18 Mar 2024 | |
41 | I is a Strange Loop - written and performed by Marcus du Sautoy and Victoria Gould | From the creative ensemble behind Complicité’s sensational A Disappearing Number, this two-hander unfolds to reveal an intriguing take on mortality, consciousness and artificial life. | Marcus du Sautoy, Victoria Gould, Simon McBurney | 19 Jul 2021 | |
40 | AI and Creativity | How does AI interact with creativity? Watch this fascinating panel discussion with mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, composer Emily Howard and Sarah Ellis, the RSC's Director of Digital Development. | Marcus du Sautoy, Emily Howard, Sarah Ellis, Rana Mitter | 27 Nov 2019 | |
39 | Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures: Marcus du Sautoy - The Creativity Code: how AI is learning to write, paint and think | In this fascinating and provocative lecture, Marcus du Sautoy both tests our ability to distinguish between human and machine creativity, and suggests that our creativity may even benefit from that of the machines. | Marcus du Sautoy | 03 Jun 2019 | |
38 | Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures: Marcus du Sautoy - The Num8er My5teries | With topics ranging from prime numbers to the lottery, from lemmings to bending balls like Beckham, Professor Marcus du Sautoy provides an entertaining and, perhaps, unexpected approach to explain how mathematics can be used to predict the future. | Marcus du Sautoy | 14 Jan 2019 | |
37 | Can we build AI with Emotional Intelligence? The 2018 Annual Charles Simonyi Lecture | Marcus du Sautoy and Professor Rosalind Picard for 2018's annual Simonyi Lecture: Can we build AI with Emotional Intelligence? | Marcus du Sautoy, Rosalind Picard | 09 Nov 2018 | |
36 | The Sound of Symmetry - Marcus du Sautoy | Symmetry has played a role both for composers and in the creation of musical instruments. | Marcus du Sautoy | 24 May 2017 | |
35 | Carved Stone Ball | We still do not know why these stone balls were created. They date to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, between 3200 and 1500 BC. | Marcus du Sautoy | 23 Jan 2017 | |
34 | Mathematics: Navigating Nature's Dark Labyrinth | The Inaugural Lecture of the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, 2009. | Marcus du Sautoy | 18 Nov 2016 | |
33 | Can robots be made creative enough to invent their own language? | Luc Steels delivers the 2012 Simonyi lecture and asks can machines be creative enough to invent their own language? | Luc Steels, Marcus du Sautoy | 18 Nov 2016 | |
32 | Putting the Higgs Boson in its Place | Professor Melissa Franklin talks about her experiences working towards the discovery of the Higgs Boson and her work today at the Large Hadron Collider | Melissa Franklin, Marcus du Sautoy | 18 Nov 2016 | |
31 | Autism and Minds Wired for Science | Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Cambridge, and Director of the Autism Research Centre, gives the 2016 Charles Simonyi Lecture on new research into autism. | Simon Baron-Cohen, Marcus du Sautoy | 18 Nov 2016 | |
30 | Autism and Minds Wired for Science | Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Cambridge, and Director of the Autism Research Centre, gives the 2016 Charles Simonyi Lecture on new research into autism. | Simon Baron-Cohen, Marcus du Sautoy | 31 Oct 2016 | |
29 | What We Cannot Know | Part of the TORCH Book at Lunchtime series | Marcus du Sautoy, Anita Avramides, Chrystalina Antoniades, Ben Morgan | 21 Oct 2016 | |
28 | What We Cannot Know - Marcus du Sautoy | Science is giving us unprecedented insight into the big questions that have challenged humanity. | Marcus du Sautoy | 16 May 2016 | |
27 | Creative Commons | The Travelling Santa Problem and Other Seasonal Challenges - Marcus du Sautoy | The Oxford Mathematics Christmas Public Lecture 2015 examined an aspect of Christmas not often considered: the mathematics. | Marcus du Sautoy | 18 Dec 2015 |
26 | Putting the Higgs Boson in its Place | Professor Melissa Franklin talks about her experiences working towards the discovery of the Higgs Boson and her work today at the Large Hadron Collider | Melissa Franklin, Marcus du Sautoy | 16 Nov 2015 | |
25 | Narrative and Proof: Two Sides of the Same Equation | One of the UK's leading scientists, Marcus du Sautoy, argues that mathematical proofs are not just number-based, but also a form of narrative. | Marcus du Sautoy, Roger Penrose, Laura Marcus, Ben Okri | 22 Jan 2015 | |
24 | Love and Math | A public lecture given by Edward Frenkel, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, talking around his best-selling book "Love and Math" followed by a conversation with Marcus du Sautoy and Q&A. | Edward Frenkel, Marcus du Sautoy | 12 Jul 2014 | |
23 | Creative Commons | The Num8er My5teries | With topics ranging from prime numbers to the lottery, from lemmings to bending balls like Beckham, this creative session with Marcus du Sautoy gives an entertaining and unexpected approach to explain how mathematics can be used to predict the future. | Marcus du Sautoy | 02 May 2014 |
22 | Creative Commons | In Everyone's Interests - the highlights | Panel discussion on what it means to invest in the humanities | Andrew Hamilton, Earl Lewis, Hermione Lee, Charlotte Higgins | 04 Feb 2014 |
21 | Creative Commons | In Everyone's Interests | Panel discussion on what it means to invest in the humanities | Andrew Hamilton, Earl Lewis, Hermione Lee, Charlotte Higgins | 04 Feb 2014 |
20 | The Irrational, the chaotic and incomplete: the mathematical limits of knowledge - Marcus du Sautoy | Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk about how much we can understand of the world through maths | Marcus du Sautoy | 15 Jan 2014 | |
19 | The Secret Mathematicians: the connections between maths and the arts - Marcus du Sautoy | Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk about the connections beween art and mathematics | Marcus du Sautoy | 15 Jan 2014 | |
18 | Symmetry: a talk based on his second book, Finding Moonshine - Marcus du Sautoy | Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk about symmetry and how the rules of symmetry influences our lives and the choices we make. | Marcus du Sautoy | 14 Jan 2014 | |
17 | The Music of the Primes: a talk about the Riemann Hypothesis and primes - Marcus du Sautoy | Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk on 5th September 2013. | Marcus du Sautoy | 14 Jan 2014 | |
16 | Maths in Music: The Secret Mathematicians - Marcus du Sautoy | Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk for the 2013 Oxford Alumni Weekend. | Marcus du Sautoy | 14 Jan 2014 | |
15 | The Secret Mathematicians | Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk for the 2013 Oxford Alumni Weekend. | Marcus du Sautoy | 08 Oct 2013 | |
14 | Creative Commons | TORCH Launch | The highlights of the launch event for The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH). | Jonathan Bate, Clare Copeland, Andrew Hamilton, Marcus du Sautoy | 29 May 2013 |
13 | Creative Commons | 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. | Marcus du Sautoy | 19 Dec 2012 |
12 | Creative Commons | What does Marcus du Sautoy do with Social Media? | At the launch of the 'Engage' programme, Professor Marcus du Sautoy discusses the role that digital technologies play in his work as the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University. | Marcus du Sautoy | 18 Oct 2012 |
11 | Can robots be made creative enough to invent their own language? | Luc Steels delivers the 2012 Simonyi lecture and asks can machines be creative enough to invent their own language? | Luc Steels, Marcus du Sautoy | 18 Oct 2012 | |
10 | Mathematics in the real world | Inspired by Évariste Galois's attempts to express symmetry using mathematical equations, Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores the inextricable link between the physical world and mathematics. | Marcus du Sautoy | 25 Nov 2010 | |
9 | Why Beckham chose the 23 shirt | Why did Beckham chose the 23 shirt? What makes prime numbers special? Marcus duSautoy sheds light on the so-called 'masculine' numbers, explains why prime numbers will help you survive, and opens our eyes to the fascinating world of mathematics. | Marcus du Sautoy | 21 Dec 2009 | |
8 | Mathematics: Navigating Nature's Dark Labyrinth | "Mathematics: Navigating Nature's Dark Labyrinth" - the Inaugural Lecture of the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, 2009. | Marcus du Sautoy | 30 Nov 2009 | |
7 | The Early Universe and Alzheimer's | Pedro discusses the Big Bang and the early Universe, and Jonathan details Oxford's groundbreaking research of the genetics of Alzheimer's. | Marcus du Sautoy, Frances Ashcroft, John Wood, Pedro Ferreira | 03 Sep 2009 | |
6 | The Early Universe and Alzheimer's | Pedro discusses the Big Bang and the early Universe, and Jonathan details Oxford's groundbreaking research of the genetics of Alzheimer's. | Marcus du Sautoy, Frances Ashcroft, John Wood, Pedro Ferreira | 03 Sep 2009 | |
5 | Pheromones and Diabetes | In the third edition of Inside Oxford Science zoologist Dr Tristram Wyatt explores the science of pheromones and Professor Frances Ashcroft tells us about her role in basic research into diabetes. | Marcus du Sautoy, Frances Ashcroft, John Wood, Pedro Ferreira | 26 May 2009 | |
4 | Pheromones and Diabetes | In the third edition of Inside Oxford Science zoologist Dr Tristram Wyatt explores the science of pheromones and Professor Frances Ashcroft tells us about her role in basic research into diabetes. | Marcus du Sautoy, Frances Ashcroft, John Wood, Pedro Ferreira | 26 May 2009 | |
3 | Dark Matter and Architecture in Science | In the second edition of Inside Oxford Science Pedro explores dark matter and cosmic voids whilst Marcus leads a debate on whether great architecture can inspire great science. | Marcus du Sautoy, Irene Tracey, Chris Lintott, Pedro Ferreira | 14 Apr 2009 | |
2 | Marcus du Sautoy on Pi Day | To celebrate Pi Day on March 14th, Marcus du Sautoy takes a closer look at the number that has has obsessed generations of mathematicians for millennia. | Marcus du Sautoy | 12 Mar 2009 | |
1 | Synaesthesia and Citizen Science | Part one. The team examines the neurological condition synaesthesia and the recent Oxford study which sheds light on its genetic basis. Also explored is Galaxy Zoo, an innovative Oxford project which asks the public to help classify galaxies. | Marcus du Sautoy, Irene Tracey, Chris Lintott, Pedro Ferreira | 02 Mar 2009 |