If you missed Marcus Du Sautoy’s Faraday lecture (it’s well worth a watch) you can find it here, complete with slides from the presentation. Entitled ‘The Secret Mathematicians’, Du Sautoy gave a ‘portrait of the artist as a mathematician’. For those who believe the boundaries between the arts and sciences are more blurry than it may seem, this lecture was a great affirmation. Steering clear of the clichéd examples of mathematical artists (I’m thinking of Bach in particular), Du Sautoy talked of intriguing and stimulating artists inspired by mathematics, most of whom, I’m ashamed to admit, I had no prior knowledge of.
In domestic news, this week has been lacking in content, largely because submissions, I’m afraid to say, haven’t been gracing my inbox and I’m not a bloging machine! The hits we’re getting don’t suggest any let up in interest or new readers, so if you’ve been toying over sending something in, don’t hesitate. E-mail it straight to youngfreethought@googlemail.com.
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