Marcus du Sautoy
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Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy OBE FRS (/dʊ ˈsoʊtɔɪ/;[6] born 26 August 1965)[1][7] is a British mathematician, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford,[8][9] Fellow of New College, Oxford[10] and author of popular mathematics and popular science books.[11] He was previously[when?] a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, Wadham College, Oxford and served as president of the Mathematical Association, an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) senior media fellow,[12][13] and a Royal Society University Research Fellow.[14]
Marcus du Sautoy | |
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Born | Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy (1965-08-26) 26 August 1965 (age 58)[1][2] |
Citizenship | British |
Education | King James's Sixth Form College[1] Gillots Comprehensive School[1] |
Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA, DPhil) |
Known for | The Music of the Primes |
Spouse |
Shani Ram (m. 1994) |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics Symmetry Group theory Number theory Public engagement[3] |
Institutions | All Souls College, Oxford Wadham College, Oxford New College, Oxford Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Thesis | Discrete Groups, Analytic Groups and Poincaré Series (1989) |
Doctoral advisor | Dan Segal[4][5] |
Website | www |
In 1996, he was awarded the title of distinction of Professor of Mathematics.[citation needed]