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

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.

The best mobile phone had the best mathematician. They know how to fit a huge amount of data into a small amount of space. How to do things efficiently, how to do them cleverly.

If you can make yourself symmetrical, you're sending out a sign that you've got good genes, you've got a good upbringing and therefore you'll make a good mate.

When people ask me what my religion is, I say it's the Arsenal.

You know, I'm not terribly fast at my times tables, because that's not what I think mathematics is about.

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.