Marcus du Sautoy doesn’t believe in maths

So Marcus du Sautoy’s Wonder of the Universe for Maths, The Code, finished last night. It was fine, and at points, really interesting, but I did notice that Marcus himself clearly isn’t completely sold on the whole “maths” thing.

He made this big song and dance about being able to predict the flight of this ball with maths alone, and fair enough, he did. However, he isn’t so convinced that it stops him lifting his feet to protect himself as the massive thing flies towards his smug little face on his deck chair.