Rejecting the idea that numbers are boring, mathematician, broadcaster and writer Marcus du Sautoy talks to Elements about Fermat primes, Douglas Adams and symmetry.
As a communicator of maths, du Sautoy is both a professor of maths at Oxford and the current Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science. His work in communicating science and maths have won him prizes and an OBE.
Watch the video to find out why 17 is Marcus’ favourite number.
Marcus was interviewed by Alice Lighton. Music courtesy of Royalty Free Music. Calculator image courtesy of Dominic Alves.
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