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Mathematics has beauty and romance. It's not a boring place to be, the mathematical world. It's an extraordinary place; it's worth spending time there.

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Mathematics is a place where you can do things which you can't do in the real world.

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The power of mathematics is often to change one thing into another, to change geometry into language.

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My big thesis is that although the world looks messy and chaotic, if you translate it into the world of numbers and shapes, patterns emerge and you start to understand why things are the way they are.

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I'm obviously attuned to pick up mathematics whenever I can see it. But in Mozart there is a lot of conscious use of mathematical symbolism and numbers in order to try and give messages.

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Artists realise that mathematicians have a way of looking at the world that can make them see things differently.

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We need scientists and mathematicians explaining why they are excited about their subjects but also why they are important for solving social problems, informing political debate and for the economy.

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The point is with good maths skills you have just wonderful opportunities and if you don't have good maths skills, there are just so many things that you won't be able to do.

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I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job.

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I think my primary audience is in some sense an adult audience, because I think that will then have a knock-on effect for children.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Mathematician

Born: August 26th, 1965

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