“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“The power of mathematics is often to change one thing into another, to change geometry into language.”
— Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, reality's riddle
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“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.”
— Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, reality's riddle
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“The invention of the number zero was a very modern concept — seventh century A.D. by the Indians. It seems mad to talk about nothing.”
— Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, reality's riddle
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