Marcus du Sautoy
@marcusdusautoy.bsky.social
I am the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. https://bio.to/Blueprints
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Introducing my new book BLUEPRINTS: how mathematics shapes creativity. Published by @4thestatebooks.bsky.social on 8 May.
Ever wanted to know what quantum physics is really about? Then this year’s annual Simonyi Lecture
@oxfordplayhouse.bsky.social
is the place to come. Philip Ball gives his lecture Beyond Weird: 100 years of quantum mechanics on 7 November at 5pm www.oxfordplayhouse.com/events/the-a...
@oxfordplayhouse.bsky.social
is the place to come. Philip Ball gives his lecture Beyond Weird: 100 years of quantum mechanics on 7 November at 5pm www.oxfordplayhouse.com/events/the-a...
The Annual Charles Simonyi Lecture: Philip Ball | Oxford Playhouse
Join Marcus du Sautoy and Philip Ball for the 2025 Charles Simonyi Lecture, Beyond Weird: One Hundred Years of Quantum Mechanics
A century ago, Werner Heis
www.oxfordplayhouse.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Ever wanted to know what quantum physics is really about? Then this year’s annual Simonyi Lecture
@oxfordplayhouse.bsky.social
is the place to come. Philip Ball gives his lecture Beyond Weird: 100 years of quantum mechanics on 7 November at 5pm www.oxfordplayhouse.com/events/the-a...
@oxfordplayhouse.bsky.social
is the place to come. Philip Ball gives his lecture Beyond Weird: 100 years of quantum mechanics on 7 November at 5pm www.oxfordplayhouse.com/events/the-a...
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Jackson Pollock captured fractals without knowing it.
Marcus du Sautoy: The fractal dimension of his paintings can even spot fakes.
🎙 Dark Matter, Bright Minds | Kindle Cast
@marcusdusautoy.bsky.social #darkmatterbrightminds #kindlecast #pollock #mathematics
Marcus du Sautoy: The fractal dimension of his paintings can even spot fakes.
🎙 Dark Matter, Bright Minds | Kindle Cast
@marcusdusautoy.bsky.social #darkmatterbrightminds #kindlecast #pollock #mathematics
September 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Jackson Pollock captured fractals without knowing it.
Marcus du Sautoy: The fractal dimension of his paintings can even spot fakes.
🎙 Dark Matter, Bright Minds | Kindle Cast
@marcusdusautoy.bsky.social #darkmatterbrightminds #kindlecast #pollock #mathematics
Marcus du Sautoy: The fractal dimension of his paintings can even spot fakes.
🎙 Dark Matter, Bright Minds | Kindle Cast
@marcusdusautoy.bsky.social #darkmatterbrightminds #kindlecast #pollock #mathematics
“almost all the high-quality data that could improve an AI agent’s performance has been consumed” John Thornhill in the FT today. A sentiment that I’ve been expressing in my AI talks recently.
September 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“almost all the high-quality data that could improve an AI agent’s performance has been consumed” John Thornhill in the FT today. A sentiment that I’ve been expressing in my AI talks recently.
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What if math could reveal the hidden patterns behind life, art, and the universe itself? @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social 's "Blueprints" takes us on a journey through the structures that shape our world on @breakingmath.bsky.social
Give it a Listen:
youtu.be/d1PQnSPCLJ0?...
Give it a Listen:
youtu.be/d1PQnSPCLJ0?...
Blueprints with Marcus du Sautoy
YouTube video by Breaking Math
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September 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
What if math could reveal the hidden patterns behind life, art, and the universe itself? @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social 's "Blueprints" takes us on a journey through the structures that shape our world on @breakingmath.bsky.social
Give it a Listen:
youtu.be/d1PQnSPCLJ0?...
Give it a Listen:
youtu.be/d1PQnSPCLJ0?...
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#Math isn’t just #numbers on a page—it’s the blueprint of our #universe. In "Blueprints", @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social shows us how equations secretly shape everything from music to nature.
Go give this episode a listen!!!
Go give this episode a listen!!!
What if math could reveal the hidden patterns behind life, art, and the universe itself? @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social 's "Blueprints" takes us on a journey through the structures that shape our world on @breakingmath.bsky.social
Give it a Listen:
youtu.be/d1PQnSPCLJ0?...
Give it a Listen:
youtu.be/d1PQnSPCLJ0?...
Blueprints with Marcus du Sautoy
YouTube video by Breaking Math
youtu.be
September 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
#Math isn’t just #numbers on a page—it’s the blueprint of our #universe. In "Blueprints", @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social shows us how equations secretly shape everything from music to nature.
Go give this episode a listen!!!
Go give this episode a listen!!!
My book Blueprints is out in the US next week. Barnes & Noble Rewards and Premium Members get 25% off all pre-orders from September 3-5! Premium Members get an additional 10% off print copies!
Pre-order your copy of BLUEPRINTS with code PREORDER25
#BNPreorder
Pre-order your copy of BLUEPRINTS with code PREORDER25
#BNPreorder
September 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
My book Blueprints is out in the US next week. Barnes & Noble Rewards and Premium Members get 25% off all pre-orders from September 3-5! Premium Members get an additional 10% off print copies!
Pre-order your copy of BLUEPRINTS with code PREORDER25
#BNPreorder
Pre-order your copy of BLUEPRINTS with code PREORDER25
#BNPreorder
Let me take you To Infinity and Beyond with this online talk I recorded with the Institute of Art and Ideas iai.tv/video/to-inf...
To infinity and beyond
For millennia, contemplating infinity has sent even the greatest minds into a spin. But how can we get to grips with infinity? And how can we wrap our heads around the infinite number of infinities?In...
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September 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Let me take you To Infinity and Beyond with this online talk I recorded with the Institute of Art and Ideas iai.tv/video/to-inf...
This year’s Simonyi Lecture @oxfordplayhouse.bsky.social on 7 November celebrates 100 years of quantum physics and who better to guide us through the weird world of the very small than the wonderful @philipcball.bsky.social www.oxfordplayhouse.com/events/the-a...
The Annual Charles Simonyi Lecture: Philip Ball | Oxford Playhouse
Join Marcus du Sautoy and Philip Ball for the 2025 Charles Simonyi Lecture, Beyond Weird: One Hundred Years of Quantum Mechanics
A century ago, Werner Heis
www.oxfordplayhouse.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
This year’s Simonyi Lecture @oxfordplayhouse.bsky.social on 7 November celebrates 100 years of quantum physics and who better to guide us through the weird world of the very small than the wonderful @philipcball.bsky.social www.oxfordplayhouse.com/events/the-a...
Sign up here lnkd.in/e6sqpKpR to come to my lecture at the Mathematical Institute in Oxford on May 21 at 5:30 where I’ll be talking about my new book Blueprints: how mathematics shapes creativity
May 12, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Sign up here lnkd.in/e6sqpKpR to come to my lecture at the Mathematical Institute in Oxford on May 21 at 5:30 where I’ll be talking about my new book Blueprints: how mathematics shapes creativity
It’s publication day! Get your copy of Blueprints here bio.to/Blueprints @4thestatebooks.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
It’s publication day! Get your copy of Blueprints here bio.to/Blueprints @4thestatebooks.bsky.social
I’m launching my new book BLUEPRINTS: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity (published by @4thestatebooks.bsky.social ) on May 8 at Second Home in Spitalfields in conversation with Conrad Shawcross. It’s a free event so please join us secondhome.io/event/bluepr...
May 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I’m launching my new book BLUEPRINTS: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity (published by @4thestatebooks.bsky.social ) on May 8 at Second Home in Spitalfields in conversation with Conrad Shawcross. It’s a free event so please join us secondhome.io/event/bluepr...
The first physical copy of my book arrived today. Always an exciting moment for an author. @4thestatebooks.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The first physical copy of my book arrived today. Always an exciting moment for an author. @4thestatebooks.bsky.social
I'm speaking @hayfestival.bsky.social on 24th May about my new book Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity (published by @4thestatebooks.bsky.social ) Tickets available here www.hayfestival.com/p-23397-marc...
April 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'm speaking @hayfestival.bsky.social on 24th May about my new book Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity (published by @4thestatebooks.bsky.social ) Tickets available here www.hayfestival.com/p-23397-marc...
Introducing my new book BLUEPRINTS: how mathematics shapes creativity. Published by @4thestatebooks.bsky.social on 8 May.
March 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Introducing my new book BLUEPRINTS: how mathematics shapes creativity. Published by @4thestatebooks.bsky.social on 8 May.
Looking forward to returning to Mr B’s Emporium in Bath to talk about my new book BLUEPRINTS June 3rd
March 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Looking forward to returning to Mr B’s Emporium in Bath to talk about my new book BLUEPRINTS June 3rd
My new book BLUEPRINTS: how mathematics shapes creativity
@4thestatebooks.bsky.social
is out in May and I will be talking about the book
@hayfestival.bsky.social
Saturday 24 May 2025, 4pm Event 58 The full programme is out today. www.4thestate.co.uk/products/blu...
@4thestatebooks.bsky.social
is out in May and I will be talking about the book
@hayfestival.bsky.social
Saturday 24 May 2025, 4pm Event 58 The full programme is out today. www.4thestate.co.uk/products/blu...
Blueprints: How mathematics shapes creativity - 4th Estate
An award-winning mathematician and Oxford professor looks to the arts to uncover the key mathematical structures that underpin both nature and human creativity.
www.4thestate.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My new book BLUEPRINTS: how mathematics shapes creativity
@4thestatebooks.bsky.social
is out in May and I will be talking about the book
@hayfestival.bsky.social
Saturday 24 May 2025, 4pm Event 58 The full programme is out today. www.4thestate.co.uk/products/blu...
@4thestatebooks.bsky.social
is out in May and I will be talking about the book
@hayfestival.bsky.social
Saturday 24 May 2025, 4pm Event 58 The full programme is out today. www.4thestate.co.uk/products/blu...
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Many argue that order and disorder are human concepts, depending on perspective. | https://buff.ly/4gE6uPs
Join @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social , Marika Taylor, and Nick Lane as they debate whether we can ever truly make sense of objective states of the universe.
#philsci 🧪🧬🖥️
Join @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social , Marika Taylor, and Nick Lane as they debate whether we can ever truly make sense of objective states of the universe.
#philsci 🧪🧬🖥️
A world of order and chaos
Order and disorder are central to our understanding of the world. Biologists define life as the expending of energy to create order. In neuroscience, a 2023 MIT study concluded the mind operates in…
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February 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Many argue that order and disorder are human concepts, depending on perspective. | https://buff.ly/4gE6uPs
Join @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social , Marika Taylor, and Nick Lane as they debate whether we can ever truly make sense of objective states of the universe.
#philsci 🧪🧬🖥️
Join @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social , Marika Taylor, and Nick Lane as they debate whether we can ever truly make sense of objective states of the universe.
#philsci 🧪🧬🖥️
I had a very lively conversation on the Are You There Yet podcast about mathematics and its place in the world. The episode is out now arewethereyet.transistor.fm
Are We There Yet?
Are We There Yet? is about recognizing, defining, and building pathways toward a more sustainable working future. How can we collaborate with others in a way that brings authenticity and durability to...
arewethereyet.transistor.fm
February 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I had a very lively conversation on the Are You There Yet podcast about mathematics and its place in the world. The episode is out now arewethereyet.transistor.fm
Reposted by Marcus du Sautoy
On the art of the shortcut 📈
@marcusdusautoy.bsky.social shared his passion for shortcuts with his new guide – Thinking Better – at Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias 2025.
Catch up! www.hayfestival.org/cartagena
@marcusdusautoy.bsky.social shared his passion for shortcuts with his new guide – Thinking Better – at Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias 2025.
Catch up! www.hayfestival.org/cartagena
January 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
On the art of the shortcut 📈
@marcusdusautoy.bsky.social shared his passion for shortcuts with his new guide – Thinking Better – at Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias 2025.
Catch up! www.hayfestival.org/cartagena
@marcusdusautoy.bsky.social shared his passion for shortcuts with his new guide – Thinking Better – at Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias 2025.
Catch up! www.hayfestival.org/cartagena
Fun fact: in Panama City you can see the sun rise over the Pacific and set in the Atlantic. How crazy is that. I was visiting to talk about the Spanish edition of Thinking Better at the Hay Forum Panama.
January 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Fun fact: in Panama City you can see the sun rise over the Pacific and set in the Atlantic. How crazy is that. I was visiting to talk about the Spanish edition of Thinking Better at the Hay Forum Panama.
Emily Howard, my fellow director at PRiSM at RNCM, is up for the BBC Music Magazine Premiere Award 2025 for her piece Anvil which uses in its composition a huge Anvil Grid text of 41x23 words It’s a public vote! Link here to vote www.wisemusicclassical.com/news/4990/Em...
Emily Howard nominated for BBC Music Magazine Award
www.wisemusicclassical.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Emily Howard, my fellow director at PRiSM at RNCM, is up for the BBC Music Magazine Premiere Award 2025 for her piece Anvil which uses in its composition a huge Anvil Grid text of 41x23 words It’s a public vote! Link here to vote www.wisemusicclassical.com/news/4990/Em...
The mathematical structure of Hokusai’s Great Wave and Debussy’s use of it in La Mer feature in my forthcoming book BLUEPRINTS out in May @4thestatebooks.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The Great Wave: why has this become the defining image of our era?
Almost two centuries after its creation, Hokusai’s print is more popular than ever, featuring on everything from nail art to Lego to socks. What is its appeal?
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The mathematical structure of Hokusai’s Great Wave and Debussy’s use of it in La Mer feature in my forthcoming book BLUEPRINTS out in May @4thestatebooks.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Fascinating questions from @merugokhale.bsky.social for this interview @timesofindia.bsky.social about the Indian tour of my play The Axiom of Choice and my recent books timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-...
When Krishna talks of Arjuna’s soul being immortal, I felt he was talking about maths: Marcus du Sautoy - Times of India
Sunday Times News: Marcus du Sautoy discusses how linking mathematics to everyday interests can diminish its intimidation, the creative potential of AI, and the mathemat
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Fascinating questions from @merugokhale.bsky.social for this interview @timesofindia.bsky.social about the Indian tour of my play The Axiom of Choice and my recent books timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-...
Excited that the FT weekend recommended my new book as one of the must reads of 2025. BLUEPRINTS is out in May @4thestatebooks.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Excited that the FT weekend recommended my new book as one of the must reads of 2025. BLUEPRINTS is out in May @4thestatebooks.bsky.social
Just finished our five week tour of India performing my new play The Axiom of Choice. We visited seven different cities. This image is from our show in the open air amphitheatre at the Natarani theatre in Ahmedabad. Starting to plan our UK tour for 2025.
December 19, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Just finished our five week tour of India performing my new play The Axiom of Choice. We visited seven different cities. This image is from our show in the open air amphitheatre at the Natarani theatre in Ahmedabad. Starting to plan our UK tour for 2025.