We need scientists and mathematicians explaining why they are excited about their subjects but also why they are important for solving social… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
It's important to me that no one can say I'm not pumping out high-level research. — 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
