Marcus Sautoy

Marcus Sautoy

US
One of the world’s leading scientists

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. A natural communicator, he is especially passionate when it comes to popularising maths - showing how it affects every aspect of our lives from simple counting to any form of trade and even the homes in which we live.

He has written and presented several series for radio including 5 Shapes for BBC Radio 4 and Maths and Music for the Essay on BBC Radio 3. He presented the television programme, Mind Games, on BBC Four and most recently he has presented the BBC series "The Code". In 2009 Prof. Sautoy won the Michael Faraday Prize from the Royal Society of London for "excellence in communicating science to UK audiences".

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. A natural communicator, he is especially passionate when it comes to popularising maths - showing how it affects every aspect of our lives from simple counting to any form of trade and even the homes in which we live.

He has written and presented several series for radio including 5 Shapes for BBC Radio 4 and Maths and Music for the Essay on BBC Radio 3. He presented the television programme, Mind Games, on BBC Four and most recently he has presented the BBC series "The Code". In 2009 Prof. Sautoy won the Michael Faraday Prize from the Royal Society of London for "excellence in communicating science to UK audiences".