Marcus du Sautoy steps into Dawkins' boots


	Marcus du Sautoy steps into Dawkins' boots

JohnWaterman

10-28-2008 11:20 AM

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JohnWaterman says:

Richard Dawkins is retiring as Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford and is being replaced by mathematician Marcus du Sautoy. His series The Story of Maths has been really quite good.

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11-1-2008 11:15 AM

tabsey

I don't see a great future in prime numbers so I guess he will have plenty of time to hit the media. Sounds like a fine replacement. Must be ignorant, but I get bored with prime Numbers after 199.

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