Numeracy News - Marcus du Sautoy Oxford University
Thursday 30 October 2008
BBC Radio 4
Marcus du Sautoy wants us to love science and maths
Marcus Du Sautoy was on Radio 4 today discussing his new appointment; the prestigious Simonyi professorship for the public understanding of science from Oxford University. He wants to make maths and science more accessible to a wider portion of the public. He will endeavor to open up subjects that he sees as both fascinating and beautiful and also essential to our future and will aim to break down the fear that some people have of maths.
Click here to be taken to the BBC Radio 4 website where you can listen again to the Today programme and try out Marcus' maths quiz... good luck.
Click here to listen to the Guardian podcast interview with Marcus du Sautoy on the subject.
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