Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, reality's riddle

Marcus du Sautoy on the invisible numbers behind symmetry.

In his TED Talk from 2009, Marcus du Sautoy offers a glimpse of the numbers behind all symmetrical objects.

As a mathematician, du Sautoy believes that symmetry is "nature's language" communicating genetic information in biology or helping us predict fundamental particles in CERN's Large Hadron Collider. 

Themes

Natural World, Maths

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Type:
Event
People:
Professor Marcus du Sautoy
Published:
2011
Filmed:
2009
Credits:

TEDTalks

Licence: Standard YouTube Licence

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