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jadesfire ([personal profile] jadesfire) wrote2008-11-10 07:27 pm
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You are going to want to hear this

Seriously. If you write. If you like maths. If you knit.

Marcus du Sautoy and Mark Haddon discuss writing, music, maths, science, literature, death and knitting. This is currently a link to the events page. Scroll down for the audio/webcast.

[livejournal.com profile] apiphile. Seriously. I think they got together just for you.

If you've never heard of either of them, Marcus du Sautoy is an Oxford maths professor with an extraordinary ability to make complicated science understandable. Mark Haddon is best known for writing The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. They are both knowledgeable, entertaining, and wonderful communicators. If you don't get the maths, listen to a brilliant author talking about his writing. If you don't write, listen to a brilliant scientist explaining how he does what he does. And if you knit, make sure you listen to the questions at the end...

I can't remember the last time I just sat and *listened* to something - normally I'm doing other things at the same time. But this is worth the hour. Just...click the link, okay?

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