I'm obviously attuned to pick up mathematics whenever I can see it. But in Mozart there is a lot of conscious use of mathematical symbolism and numbers in order to try and give messages.
Mathematics has beauty and romance. It's not a boring place to be, the mathematical world. It's an extraordinary place; it's worth spending time ther… - Marcus Du Sautoy
Mathematics has beauty and romance. It's not a boring place to be, the mathematical world. It's an extraordinary place; it's worth spending time ther…
- Marcus Du Sautoy
The point is with good maths skills you have just wonderful opportunities and if you don't have good maths skills, there are just so many things that… - Marcus Du Sautoy
The point is with good maths skills you have just wonderful opportunities and if you don't have good maths skills, there are just so many things that…
Mathematics is a place where you can do things which you can't do in the real world. - Marcus Du Sautoy
Mathematics is a place where you can do things which you can't do in the real world.
But actually a code is a language for translating one thing into another. And mathematics is the language of science. My big thesis is that although … - Marcus Du Sautoy
But actually a code is a language for translating one thing into another. And mathematics is the language of science. My big thesis is that although …
You know, I'm not terribly fast at my times tables, because that's not what I think mathematics is about. - Marcus Du Sautoy
You know, I'm not terribly fast at my times tables, because that's not what I think mathematics is about.
Its my belief that you can take everyone down a logical path if you take them slowly enough, and the trouble is that mathematical brains can get scra… - Marcus Du Sautoy
Its my belief that you can take everyone down a logical path if you take them slowly enough, and the trouble is that mathematical brains can get scra…
Theory is needed to tell you where to look. - Marcus Du Sautoy
Theory is needed to tell you where to look.
Primes are the atoms of the arithmetic - the hydrogen and oxygen of the world of numbers - Marcus Du Sautoy
Primes are the atoms of the arithmetic - the hydrogen and oxygen of the world of numbers
If you can make yourself symmetrical, you're sending out a sign that you've got good genes, you've got a good upbringing and therefore you'll make a … - Marcus Du Sautoy
If you can make yourself symmetrical, you're sending out a sign that you've got good genes, you've got a good upbringing and therefore you'll make a …
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