Unlock your brain’s potential free for 30 days: http://www.brain.fm/withinreason For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic - VIDEO NOTES Marcus du Sautoy is a British mathematician, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford, Fellow of New College, Oxford and author of popular mathematics and popular science books. - LINKS Buy Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0008684995/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_PFDC88RCPKSRBNEVT6QJ?linkCode=ml1&tag=cosmskep-21 - TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – Was Shakespeare a Mathematician? 05:54 – How Maths Shows Up in Art 24:16 – Pythagoras’ Discoveries in Music 27:26 – Cultural and Historical Differences in Mathematics 36:21 – What is a Number? 47:28 – The Unsettling Reliability of Maths 59:44 – Does Mathematics Explain the Universe? - CONNECT My Website: https://www.alexoconnor.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskeptic Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskeptic Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskeptic TikTok: @CosmicSkeptic The Within Reason Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/within-reason/id1458675168 - CONTACT Business email: contact@alexoconnor.com ------------------------------------------