I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job.
Marcus du SautoyI'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.
Marcus du SautoyIts my belief that you can take everyone down a logical path if you take them slowly enough, and the trouble is that mathematical brains can get scrambled a little bit on the way. You get a bad teacher, it messes you up for the rest of the journey.
Marcus du SautoyI 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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