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Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy is a fellow of Wadham College, Oxford and has been named by The Independent on Sunday as one of Britain leading scientists. In 2001 he won the Berwick Prize of The London Mathmatical Society and in 2006 gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. His book ‘The Music of the Prmes’ was published in 2003 to widespread acclaim. In October 2008 he was appointed to Oxford University’s prestigious professorship as the Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science, a post previously held by Richard Dawkins.
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THE NUMBER MYSTERIES: A Mathematical Odyssey through Everyday Life
From the author of ‘The Music of the Primes’ and ‘Finding Moonshine’ comes a short, lively book on five mathematical problems that just refuse be solved – and on how many everyday problems can be solved by maths.
Publication date: UK 3rd Mar 2011
THE NUMBER MYSTERIES: A Mathematical Odyssey through Everyday Life [ePub edition]
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From the author of The Music of the Primes and Finding Moonshine comes a short, lively book on five mathematical problems that just refuse be solved – and on how many everyday problems can be solved by maths.
Publication date: UK 23rd Sep 2010
THE NUMBER MYSTERIES: A Mathematical Odyssey through Everyday Life
From the most famous mathematician in Britain comes the ultimate handikit to mathematics. From hopscotch to Wayne Rooney with lots and lots of games to play, The Number Mysteries shows why mathematics really is at the heart of everything we do.
Publication date: UK 8th Jul 2010
FINDING MOONSHINE: A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry
This new book from the author of 'The Music of the Primes' combines a personal insight into the mind of a working mathematician with the story of one of the biggest adventures in mathematics: the search for symmetry.
Publication date: UK 14th May 2009
THE MUSIC OF THE PRIMES: Why an unsolved problem in mathematics matters
The paperback of the critically-acclaimed popular science book by a writer who is fast becoming a celebrity mathematician.
Publication date: UK 6th Sep 2004