Symmetry by Marcus Du Sautoy

Symmetry by Marcus Du Sautoy

Symmetry is all around us. Of fundamental significance to the way we interpret the world, this unique, pervasive phenomenon indicates a dynamic relationship between objects. Combining a rich historical narrative with his own personal journey as a mathematician, Marcus du Sautoy takes a unique look into the mathematical mind as he explores deep conjectures about symmetry and brings us face-to-face with the oddball mathematicians, both past and present, who have battled to understand symmetry's elusive qualities.

Marcus du Sautoy is a bestselling author of The Music of the Primes, Symmetry, and The Big Unknown, as well as the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford. Among other honors, he has received the London Mathematical Society's Berwick Award and Zeeman Medal, as well as the Royal Society's Michael Faraday Prize and Lecture. Du Sautoy has written and presented over a dozen documentaries, including The Code and The Hidden Laws of Modern Living: Algorithms. He is a trumpeter, a member of an experimental theater group, and a former president of the Mathematical Association. Lauren Child's Ruby Redfort mysteries were coded by him.