Marcus du Sautoy has been named by the Independent on Sunday as one of the UK's leading scientists, has written extensively for the Guardian, The Times and the Daily Telegraph and has appeared on Radio 4 on numerous occasions. In 2008 he was appointed to Oxford University’s prestigious professorship as the Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science, a post previously held by Richard Dawkins.
En 1786, un sévère professeur de mathématiques donne à ses élèves un problème épineux à résoudre. Parmi eux, Carl Friedrich Gauss, huit ans, qui obtient le résultat en moins d'une minute. Un raccourci lui a permis de s'épargner un fastidieux travail arithmétique. Cette anecdote est...
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