Hirzebruch Lecture 2012 by Marcus du Sautoy: The Secret Mathematicians.

Weisse, Alexander (2012) Hirzebruch Lecture 2012 by Marcus du Sautoy: The Secret Mathematicians. [Image] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

From composers to painters, writers to choreographers, the mathematician’s palette of shapes, patterns and numbers has proved a powerful inspiration. Often subconsciously artists are drawn to the same structures that fascinate mathematicians as they constantly hunt for interesting new structures to frame their creative process. Through the work of artists like Borges and Dali, Messiaen and Laban, Professor du Sautoy will explore the hidden mathematical ideas that underpin their creative output and reveal that the work of the mathematician is also driven by strong aesthetic values.

Marcus du Sautoy is the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of New College. In 2001 he won the prestigious Berwick Prize of the London Mathematical Society awarded every two years to reward the best mathematical research made by a mathematician under 40. In 2004 Esquire Magazine chose him as one of the 100 most influential people under 40 in Britain and in 2008 he was included in the prestigious directory Who’s Who. In 2009 he was awarded the Royal Society’s Faraday Prize, the UK’s premier award for excellence in communicating science.

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Research > Lectures and Talks
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Date Deposited: 22 May 2013 08:25
Last Modified: 22 May 2013 08:25
URI: https://hirzebruch.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/id/eprint/177

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