Oxford Mathematician and Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, Marcus du Sautoy can be seen at a range of festivals and events this summer.
On Monday May 10, Marcus is at the Royal Society in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company to explore the relationship between science and storytelling. Later in the month (28 & 29 May) he shares the stage at two events at the Hay festival, the first with acclaimed mathematician Cedric Villani, the second continuing the exploration of Narrative and Truth first discussed in Oxford in January with Ben Okri and Elleke Boehmer.
In June Marcus will be performing a new show at the Glastonbury Festival (26-28 June ) called Death by Numbers with a special appearance by Death himself. and at the Wilderness Festival from 6-9 August Marcus will be giving his popular lecture on the Num8er My5teries.
Marcus will also give talks at the European Society for Literature, Science and the Arts from 15-18 June where he is the keynote speaker discussing 'Infinity and Beyond' and at the American and European Mathematical Societies Conference in Portugal, 10-13 June.