A selection of interviews with Marcus.
Could robots make us better humans?
The Guardian, 5 March 2019
Interview with John Harris at the Guardian about the publication of Marcus’s new book The Creativity Code. Machines can already write music and beat us at games like chess and Go. But the rise of artificial intelligence should inspire hope as well as fear, says Marcus du Sautoy.
A Beautiful Mind
Kindle Magazine, 2 December 2012
Celebrated mathematician, Marcus du Sautoy speaks to Pritha Kejriwal. As he opens up new frontiers for mathematical thought, a new set of dialectics also emerges to frame the world with beautiful numbers and ideas…
‘I’m not very fast at my times tables’
The Guardian, 3 November 2008
He surfs, wears a pink hoodie and worships Arsenal. As Marcus du Sautoy, the world’s least likely maths professor, begins his new job popularising science he tells Aida Edemariam why most of us have the wrong idea about his subject
The indivisible man
The Observer / The Guardian, 2 November 2008
Marcus du Sautoy loves surfing, football, music – and maths. Tragedy has touched his life, but has not deflected his mission to help us all understand the universe’s greatest mystery – prime numbers.
A Prime Example
The Guardian, 19 December 2006
Karen Gold meets the professor who’ll do whatever it takes to turn us on to maths (even on Christmas day)
A mathematician who’s in his prime
The Observer, 2 November 2002
As fascinated by football as he is by the language of numbers, the successor to his fellow atheist Richard Dawkins at Oxford University is set to become an engaging, if less confrontational, public face of science
More of Marcus’ interviews
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Me and my telescope, New Scientist, 4 May 2019
Me and my telescope. A short Q&A with the New Scientist.
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Could robots make us better humans?, The Guardian, 5 March 2019
Interview with John Harris about the publication of Marcus’s new book The Creativity Code
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The Beaming Ambassador from 9-dimensional Space, Sunday Times, 20 March 2016
Interview in the Sunday Times
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A Beautiful Mind, Kindle Magazine, 2 December 2012
Marcus speaks to Pritha Kejriwal. As he opens up new frontiers for mathematical thought, a new set of dialectics also emerges to frame the world with beautiful numbers and ideas…
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‘I’m not very fast at my times tables’, The Guardian, 3 November 2008
He surfs, wears a pink hoodie and worships Arsenal. As Marcus du Sautoy, the world’s least likely maths professor, begins his new job popularising science he tells Aida Edemariam why most of us have the wrong idea about his subject
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The indivisible man, The Observer / The Guardian, 2 November 2008
Interview by Andrew Anthony
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Making mathematics music to their ears, The Times, 23 December 2006
Interview by Alexandra Frean
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A Prime Example, The Guardian, 19 December 2006
Interview by Karen Gold
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A mathematician who’s in his prime, The Observer, 2 November 2002
As fascinated by football as he is by the language of numbers, the successor to his fellow atheist Richard Dawkins at Oxford University is set to become an engaging, if less confrontational, public face of science
