“If, years later, I do use the slit detector to observe which way the electron went, it will mean that many years earlier the electron must have passed through one slit or the other. But if I don't use the… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
“To understand this new frontier, I will have to try to master one of the most difficult and counterintuitive theories ever recorded in the annals of science: quantum physics. Listen to those who have spent their lives immersed in this… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
You know, I'm not terribly fast at my times tables, because that's not what I think mathematics is about. — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
We need scientists and mathematicians explaining why they are excited about their subjects but also why they are important for solving social problems, informing… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about maths is it's a totally logical subject, and a pathway has been marked out. I think a lot of these… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
If I'm flying to China, I can sit and think about a problem. Other scientists have to go to the lab. I'm always thinking… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job. — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
“For any scientist the real challenge is not to stay within the secure garden of the known but to venture out into the wilds… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
The reason why we do maths is because it's like poetry. It's about patterns, and that really turned me on. It made me feel… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
“It does appear that some parts of our evolutionary process seem inevitable. It is striking that throughout evolutionary history, the eye evolved independently fifty… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal, especially when… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
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… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
I think my primary audience is in some sense an adult audience, because I think that will then have a knock-on effect for children. — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
