| Consciousness in Humans and in Other Things |
How do conscious experiences arise from brains and bodies? What is the ‘self’? Anil Seth sheds light on these questions through the idea of the brain as an embodied ‘prediction machine’. The Charles Simonyi Lecture 2024. |
Anil Seth, Marcus du Sautoy |
7 November, 2024 |
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| A Good Science Read: The importance of Mathematics and Engineering |
Professor Marcus du Sautoy joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss A Mathematician’s Apology by GH Hardy and Exactly: How Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester. |
Frances Ashcroft, Marcus du Sautoy |
18 March, 2024 |
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| I is a Strange Loop - written and performed by Marcus du Sautoy and Victoria Gould |
From the creative ensemble behind Complicité’s sensational A Disappearing Number, this two-hander unfolds to reveal an intriguing take on mortality, consciousness and artificial life. |
Marcus du Sautoy, Victoria Gould, Simon McBurney |
19 July, 2021 |
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| AI and Creativity |
How does AI interact with creativity? Watch this fascinating panel discussion with mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, composer Emily Howard and Sarah Ellis, the RSC's Director of Digital Development. |
Marcus du Sautoy, Emily Howard, Sarah Ellis, Rana Mitter |
27 November, 2019 |
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| Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures: Marcus du Sautoy - The Creativity Code: how AI is learning to write, paint and think |
In this fascinating and provocative lecture, Marcus du Sautoy both tests our ability to distinguish between human and machine creativity, and suggests that our creativity may even benefit from that of the machines. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
3 June, 2019 |
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| Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures: Marcus du Sautoy - The Num8er My5teries |
With topics ranging from prime numbers to the lottery, from lemmings to bending balls like Beckham, Professor Marcus du Sautoy provides an entertaining and, perhaps, unexpected approach to explain how mathematics can be used to predict the future. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
14 January, 2019 |
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| Can we build AI with Emotional Intelligence? The 2018 Annual Charles Simonyi Lecture |
Marcus du Sautoy and Professor Rosalind Picard for 2018's annual Simonyi Lecture: Can we build AI with Emotional Intelligence? |
Marcus du Sautoy, Rosalind Picard |
9 November, 2018 |
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| The Sound of Symmetry - Marcus du Sautoy |
Symmetry has played a role both for composers and in the creation of musical instruments. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
24 May, 2017 |
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| Carved Stone Ball |
We still do not know why these stone balls were created. They date to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, between 3200 and 1500 BC. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
23 January, 2017 |
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| Mathematics: Navigating Nature's Dark Labyrinth |
The Inaugural Lecture of the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, 2009. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
18 November, 2016 |
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| Can robots be made creative enough to invent their own language? |
Luc Steels delivers the 2012 Simonyi lecture and asks can machines be creative enough to invent their own language? |
Luc Steels, Marcus du Sautoy |
18 November, 2016 |
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| Putting the Higgs Boson in its Place |
Professor Melissa Franklin talks about her experiences working towards the discovery of the Higgs Boson and her work today at the Large Hadron Collider |
Melissa Franklin, Marcus du Sautoy |
18 November, 2016 |
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| Autism and Minds Wired for Science |
Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Cambridge, and Director of the Autism Research Centre, gives the 2016 Charles Simonyi Lecture on new research into autism. |
Simon Baron-Cohen, Marcus du Sautoy |
18 November, 2016 |
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| Autism and Minds Wired for Science |
Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Cambridge, and Director of the Autism Research Centre, gives the 2016 Charles Simonyi Lecture on new research into autism. |
Simon Baron-Cohen, Marcus du Sautoy |
31 October, 2016 |
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| What We Cannot Know |
Part of the TORCH Book at Lunchtime series |
Marcus du Sautoy, Anita Avramides, Chrystalina Antoniades, Ben Morgan |
21 October, 2016 |
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| What We Cannot Know - Marcus du Sautoy |
Science is giving us unprecedented insight into the big questions that have challenged humanity. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
16 May, 2016 |
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| The Travelling Santa Problem and Other Seasonal Challenges - Marcus du Sautoy |
The Oxford Mathematics Christmas Public Lecture 2015 examined an aspect of Christmas not often considered: the mathematics. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
18 December, 2015 |
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| Putting the Higgs Boson in its Place |
Professor Melissa Franklin talks about her experiences working towards the discovery of the Higgs Boson and her work today at the Large Hadron Collider |
Melissa Franklin, Marcus du Sautoy |
16 November, 2015 |
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| Narrative and Proof: Two Sides of the Same Equation |
One of the UK's leading scientists, Marcus du Sautoy, argues that mathematical proofs are not just number-based, but also a form of narrative. |
Marcus du Sautoy, Roger Penrose, Laura Marcus, Ben Okri, Elleke Boehmer |
22 January, 2015 |
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| Love and Math |
A public lecture given by Edward Frenkel, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, talking around his best-selling book "Love and Math" followed by a conversation with Marcus du Sautoy and Q&A. |
Edward Frenkel, Marcus du Sautoy |
12 July, 2014 |
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| The Num8er My5teries |
With topics ranging from prime numbers to the lottery, from lemmings to bending balls like Beckham, this creative session with Marcus du Sautoy gives an entertaining and unexpected approach to explain how mathematics can be used to predict the future. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
2 May, 2014 |
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| In Everyone's Interests - the highlights |
Panel discussion on what it means to invest in the humanities |
Andrew Hamilton, Earl Lewis, Hermione Lee, Charlotte Higgins, Marcus du Sautoy, Nick Hillman, Shearer West |
4 February, 2014 |
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| In Everyone's Interests |
Panel discussion on what it means to invest in the humanities |
Andrew Hamilton, Earl Lewis, Hermione Lee, Charlotte Higgins, Marcus du Sautoy, Nick Hillman, Shearer West |
4 February, 2014 |
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| The Irrational, the chaotic and incomplete: the mathematical limits of knowledge - Marcus du Sautoy |
Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk about how much we can understand of the world through maths |
Marcus du Sautoy |
15 January, 2014 |
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| The Secret Mathematicians: the connections between maths and the arts - Marcus du Sautoy |
Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk about the connections beween art and mathematics |
Marcus du Sautoy |
15 January, 2014 |
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| Symmetry: a talk based on his second book, Finding Moonshine - Marcus du Sautoy |
Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk about symmetry and how the rules of symmetry influences our lives and the choices we make. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
14 January, 2014 |
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| The Music of the Primes: a talk about the Riemann Hypothesis and primes - Marcus du Sautoy |
Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk on 5th September 2013. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
14 January, 2014 |
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| Maths in Music: The Secret Mathematicians - Marcus du Sautoy |
Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk for the 2013 Oxford Alumni Weekend. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
14 January, 2014 |
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| The Secret Mathematicians |
Professor Marcus du Sautoy (New College), Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science, author and broadcaster gives a talk for the 2013 Oxford Alumni Weekend. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
8 October, 2013 |
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| TORCH Launch |
The highlights of the launch event for The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH). |
Jonathan Bate, Clare Copeland, Andrew Hamilton, Marcus du Sautoy, Imaobong Umoren, Shearer West, Abigail Williams |
29 May, 2013 |
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| The Num8er My5teries |
Professor Marcus du Sautoy - mathematician, footballer and amateur musician - shows how mathematicians have contributed to our understanding of the world around us for millennia. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
19 December, 2012 |
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| What does Marcus du Sautoy do with Social Media? |
At the launch of the 'Engage' programme, Professor Marcus du Sautoy discusses the role that digital technologies play in his work as the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
18 October, 2012 |
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| Can robots be made creative enough to invent their own language? |
Luc Steels delivers the 2012 Simonyi lecture and asks can machines be creative enough to invent their own language? |
Luc Steels, Marcus du Sautoy |
18 October, 2012 |
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| Mathematics in the real world |
Inspired by Évariste Galois's attempts to express symmetry using mathematical equations, Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores the inextricable link between the physical world and mathematics. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
25 November, 2010 |
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| Why Beckham chose the 23 shirt |
Why did Beckham chose the 23 shirt? What makes prime numbers special? Marcus duSautoy sheds light on the so-called 'masculine' numbers, explains why prime numbers will help you survive, and opens our eyes to the fascinating world of mathematics. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
21 December, 2009 |
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| Mathematics: Navigating Nature's Dark Labyrinth |
"Mathematics: Navigating Nature's Dark Labyrinth" - the Inaugural Lecture of the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, 2009. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
30 November, 2009 |
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| The Early Universe and Alzheimer's |
Pedro discusses the Big Bang and the early Universe, and Jonathan details Oxford's groundbreaking research of the genetics of Alzheimer's. |
Marcus du Sautoy, Frances Ashcroft, John Wood, Pedro Ferreira, Tristram Wyatt |
3 September, 2009 |
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| The Early Universe and Alzheimer's |
Pedro discusses the Big Bang and the early Universe, and Jonathan details Oxford's groundbreaking research of the genetics of Alzheimer's. |
Marcus du Sautoy, Frances Ashcroft, John Wood, Pedro Ferreira, Tristram Wyatt |
3 September, 2009 |
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| Pheromones and Diabetes |
In the third edition of Inside Oxford Science zoologist Dr Tristram Wyatt explores the science of pheromones and Professor Frances Ashcroft tells us about her role in basic research into diabetes. |
Marcus du Sautoy, Frances Ashcroft, John Wood, Pedro Ferreira, Tristram Wyatt |
26 May, 2009 |
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| Pheromones and Diabetes |
In the third edition of Inside Oxford Science zoologist Dr Tristram Wyatt explores the science of pheromones and Professor Frances Ashcroft tells us about her role in basic research into diabetes. |
Marcus du Sautoy, Frances Ashcroft, John Wood, Pedro Ferreira, Tristram Wyatt |
26 May, 2009 |
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| Dark Matter and Architecture in Science |
In the second edition of Inside Oxford Science Pedro explores dark matter and cosmic voids whilst Marcus leads a debate on whether great architecture can inspire great science. |
Marcus du Sautoy, Irene Tracey, Chris Lintott, Pedro Ferreira |
14 April, 2009 |
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| Marcus du Sautoy on Pi Day |
To celebrate Pi Day on March 14th, Marcus du Sautoy takes a closer look at the number that has has obsessed generations of mathematicians for millennia. |
Marcus du Sautoy |
12 March, 2009 |
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| Synaesthesia and Citizen Science |
Part one. The team examines the neurological condition synaesthesia and the recent Oxford study which sheds light on its genetic basis. Also explored is Galaxy Zoo, an innovative Oxford project which asks the public to help classify galaxies. |
Marcus du Sautoy, Irene Tracey, Chris Lintott, Pedro Ferreira |
2 March, 2009 |
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