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The Num8er My5teries

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Alumni Weekend
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With topics ranging from prime numbers to the lottery, from lemmings to bending balls like Beckham, this creative session with Marcus du Sautoy gives an entertaining and unexpected approach to explain how mathematics can be used to predict the future.
Professor Marcus du Sautoy is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.

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Alumni Weekend
People
Marcus du Sautoy
Keywords
Oxford Alumni Weekend
oxford university
Oxford Asia
Oxford Hong Kong
Number Mysteries
Department: Alumni Office
Date Added: 02/05/2014
Duration: 01:10:42

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