When people ask me what my religion is, I say it's the Arsenal.
From Marcus du Sautoy
The power of mathematics is often to change one thing into another, to change geometry into language.
My big thesis is that although the world looks messy and chaotic, if you translate it into the world of numbers and shapes, patterns emerge and you start to understand why things are the way they are.
The stage is like a laboratory where you can run theatrical experiments, imposing interesting conditions on the cast or story and seeing how they pan out. Each new play is like creating a tiny virtual universe enclosed by the confines of the stage.
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 make a good mate.
I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job.
Artists realise that mathematicians have a way of looking at the world that can make them see things differently.
We need scientists and mathematicians explaining why they are excited about their subjects but also why they are important for solving social problems, informing political debate and for the economy.
Mathematics is a place where you can do things which you can't do in the real world.
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.
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