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Marcus du Sautoy

Mark and Stuart talk to renowned mathematician Marcus du Sautoy about the connections between maths and music.

This week on Radcliffe & Maconie, it's 'Big Science' week - with special guests from the worlds of science, technology and music. Today's guest is renowned mathematician Marcus du Sautoy. Author and Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, Marcus joins Mark and Stuart to discuss his work with composer Emily Howard. The pair recently collaborated on a new composition for a string quartet while exploring the connections between maths and music.

Also on the show today... trusty show staple The Chain - where you, the actual listener, get the chance to link one track to the one before AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T REPEAT - and Teatime Themetime, where you could gain instant VIP backstage passes to the office biscuit tin by being first to guess what connects all three records. PLUS there's Music News, with all the latest updates on what's happening in the music world. And all the new releases that float Mark or Stuart's musical paper boats!

3 hours

Last on

Tue 7 Nov 2017 13:00

Music Played

  • Thomas Dolby

    She Blinded Me With Science

    • EMI.
  • Everything Everything

    Night Of The Long Knives

    • RCS Music.
  • Cherry Ghost

    Mathematics

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Fantasy

    • The Best Of Earth Wind & Fire.
    • CBS.
    • 5.
  • Soulwax

    Is It Always Binary

    • Pias Recordings.
  • 叠箩枚谤办

    Big Time Sensuality

    • One Little Indian Record.
  • MGMT

    Little Dark Age

    • Columbia Records.
  • King Krule

    Dum Surfer

    • XL Recordings.
  • Quantic, Alice Russell & Combo B谩rbaro

    Look Around The Corner

    • TRU THOUGHTS.
  • Rapsody

    Power (feat. Kendrick Lamar & Lance Skiiiwalker)

    • Def Jam Recordings.
  • Frank Zappa & Mothers Of Invention

    Peaches En Regalia

  • Steve 鈥淪ilk鈥 Hurley

    Jack Your Body

    • The Greatest Hits Of The Eighties (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
    • 4.
  • Downtown Boys

    Promissory Note

    • Sub Pop Records.
  • The White Stripes

    Black Math

    • XL.
  • Piatti String Quartet

    Four Musical Proofs and a Conjecture: Movement 1 'Proof by Contradiction'

  • Goldfrapp

    Everything Is Never Enough

    • Mute Records.
  • Wire

    Outdoor Miner

    • EMI Gold.
  • Commodores

    I Feel Sanctified

    • Tamla Motown.
  • Django Django

    Tic Tac Toe

    • Because Music.
  • EERA

    Christine

    • Reflection of Youth.
    • Big Dada.
  • New Order

    Dreams Never End

    • In Order.
    • Qwest/Warner Bros.
    • 001.
  • Nadine Shah

    Mother Fighter

    • 1965 Records.
  • Prince

    Glam Slam

    • (Single).
    • PAISLEY PARK/WARNER BROS.
    • 7.
  • Spinning Coin

    Running With The World

  • First Aid Kit

    It's A Shame

    • Columbia Records.
  • Leonard Cohen

    First We Take Manhatten

  • The Charlatans

    Wierdo

  • The Velvet Underground

    Sunday Morning

  • Mount Kimbie

    You Look Certain (I'm Not So Sure)

    • Warp/Hotflush.
  • Mylo

    In My Arms

    • Breastfed Records.

Broadcast

  • Tue 7 Nov 2017 13:00