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You know, I'm not terribly fast at my times tables, because that's not what I think mathematics is about.
Marcus du Sautoy
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Marcus du Sautoy
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: August 26
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Mathematician
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London
England
Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy
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