Marcus du Sautoy Biography

Fast Facts

• Was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to science in the 2010 New Year Honours
• In 2001, he won the Berwick Prize of the London Mathematical Society, an honor given to one mathematician under 40 every two years
• Known for his work popularizing mathematics, he has written for "The Times" and "The Guardian" and appeared on a number of television and radio shows to talk about mathematical theories
• Performs academic work regarding group theory and number theory
• Made a presentation about the connections between Peter Brooke's and Grotowski's physical theatre and mathematical research at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow
• Published an article in "Seed" magazine that explained how 42, the number cited as the answer to life, the universe and everything in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," is related to the Riemann zeta function
• Wrote "Music of the Primes" and "Finding Moonshine․"