Marcus du Sautoy: Are the world’s secrets hidden in numbers?

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Marcus du Sautoy: Are the world’s secrets hidden in numbers?

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May 5, 2016

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Marcus du Sautoy has been called one of UK’s leading scientists and most charismatic mathematicians. Amongst numerous accolades, Marcus has hosted several programs on BBC and is a professor at the University of Oxford. He even touts a discovery in the 9th dimensional space. Could his hypothesis that the secrets to the universe are in numbers and patterns hold true?

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