The Simonyi Professorship

Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University and Fellow of Trinity College, Timothy Gowers, gives this year's annual Simonyi Lecture for the public understanding of science.

Gowers will talk about his recent involvement in an experimental attempt to solve a serious mathematical research problem publicly and collaboratively on the internet. He will discuss the problem itself, the difficulties involved, the surprising outcome, and what this suggests for the future of mathematics. Professor Marcus Du Sautoy follows Richard Dawkins as the new Charles Simonyi Professor.