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Marcus du Sautoy - Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science
Tuesday 20 October 2009, 20:00-21:00
Marcus du Sautoy - Finding Moonshine
⚠️ Important: Free Event - The Freshers' Squash
- 👤 Speaker: Marcus du Sautoy - Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science
- 📅 Date & Time: Tuesday 20 October 2009, 20:00 - 21:00
- 📍 Venue: Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road
Abstract
From symmetry in music, to the development of group theory, to the discovery of the monster that inhabits 196,883-dimensional space, Prof du Sautoy takes us on a tour through symmetry in modern mathematics—meeting the pioneers of the subject, and telling their stories along the way.
Free champagne reception afterwards courtesy of Big Fish Ents.
Series This talk is part of the SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society series.
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