Marcus du Sautoy

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Author Biography and Research Interests:

Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. Formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, and Wadham College, he is now a Fellow of New College. He is currently an EPSRC Senior Media Fellow and was previously a Royal Society University Research Fellow. His academic work concerns mainly group theory and number theory.

Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician’s Journey through Symmetry

Marcus du Sautoy

18 Jun 2008; Science Oxford.

From the sphere to the swastika, from the pyramid to the pentagon, our eyes and minds are drawn to symmetrical objects. symmetry is central to the key ideas in subjects ranging from architecture to zoology.

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