Marcus du Sautoy is an Oxford mathematician, author and broadcaster who finds the maths inside music, art, games and everyday life.
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Marcus was the scheduled Gauss lecturer for a celebration of Bernhard Riemann’s 200th birthday. His English-language talk explored prime numbers, music and the Riemann Hypothesis, with an introductory lecture by Mathologer’s Burkard Polster.
Marcus served on the panel that chose Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, as the 2026 International Booker Prize winner. The result was announced at Tate Modern in London.
thebookerprizes.comInternational Booker Prize 2026Marcus’s Cambridge Festival talk at the Isaac Newton Institute explored how symmetry, prime numbers and the golden ratio connect maths with creative work. Plus Maths also shared a recording of the talk.
In an interview for the prize, Marcus described reading more than 100 books in seven months. He said judging had replaced his morning social-media habit with reaching for a novel.
thebookerprizes.comRead Marcus’s Booker Prize interviewThe University of Coimbra’s science-and-theatre programme listed Marcus’s play The Axiom of Choice at the Gil Vicente Academic Theater. The performance was part of an international gathering connecting theatre and science.
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