2025-01-01
38 分钟Welcome to Intelligence Squared where great minds meet.
I'm producer Mia Sorrenti.
On the show today, Marcus de Sotoy.
Marcus is one of the country's best known science broadcasters.
He is professor of Mathematics at Oxford University where he holds the prestigious Simoni Chair for the Public Understanding of Science.
He's presented numerous programs on television and radio including the internationally acclaimed BBC series the Story of Mance.
His best selling books include the Music of the Primes, the Number Mysteries and most recently around the world in 8D games.
Marcus joined us recently on stage at the Pleasants Theatre in London in conversation with award winning science broadcaster and mechanical engineer Dr.
Shinny Samara.
He explored the maths and strategy behind the games we love and the tactics needed to master them all.
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Now let's join our host Dr.
Shinny Samara with more.
Before we start, when I was reading it, I just was so curious with every page how you came about writing something like this.
It is so comprehensive.
Well, this is actually a rather private passion of mine for decades, which is collecting games wherever I travel in the world.
I mean, like you, I do a lot of traveling for my science, going to conferences, rucking up in places that we don't share a language except for mathematics.
And one of the things I love to do is.