Sir Isaac Newton was the first commoner to be buried in Westminster Abbey. He was a brilliant scientist who pioneered the Scientific Method.
Now, the prevailing scientific view was that sunlight must be perfect. This dated all the way back to Aristotle and the Ancient Greeks. How could something that comes from the heavens be anything other than perfect?
Henry Cavendish was not the sterotypical scientist, but he was a great experimental man of science and instrumental forming the Royal Institution.
Count Rumford of Bavaria, Henry Cavendish and Joseph Banks were the three men who founded the Royal Institution.
Richard Borcherds might appear eccentric to the point of obsessiveness. But, he is just a driven mathematician.
Professor Simon Baron-Cohen studies the psychology of scientists and has discovered that many of them share some specific characteristics.
Science Britannica looks back on 350 years of scientific breakthrough including the vast quantities of bad press that accompanied it.
Mad scientists are seldom insane and even more rarely are they bad – perhaps somewhat misguided at worst.
Winning is all about playing the odds and taking your chance. Professor du Sautoy explains the probabilities mathematically.
Monopoly is a fun game for all the family, but understanding the probabilities will boost your chance of winning.
Discover how mathematics can be used to both make and break the strongest codes. Even supposedly uncrackable codes.
We look at early morse code, baudot code and the more sophisticated public key / private key combinations.
How does the human body cope when deprived of food and water? What are the bodies natural defences against starvation?
These and other fascinating questions are tackled in this year’s Christmas lecture.
The beauty and simplicity of shapes like the sphere belies an intrinsic strength. What shape is our Universe?
Fractals are computer-generated mathematical models that can be magnified infinitely.
Oxygen is absolutely essential for human life. Mitochondria, in every cell in the human body, uses oxygen to produce energy.
Some incredible facts about the human body are revealed by Dr Hugh Montgomery.
Prime numbers and the important role they play in all areas of mathematics and technology. The global search for the next Mersenne Prime Number.
A curious insect, the circada, appears in cycles of prime numbers a fact Marcus du Sautoy is certain is not a coincidence.
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