And never the twain shall meet?

A masterful unification of mathematics and creativity in a world grappling with the perils and joys of AI

- SHIVAJI DASGUPTA

UDYARD KIPLING WOULD have been impressed by the unification of mathematics and creativity in Marcus Du Sautoy's patently innovative, yet deeply rooted, natrative. For, it empowers us, rather simply, to blend scientific patterns and structures with spontaneous human creations — music, arts, architecture and more. In truth, lovingly curating a linearand symbiotic connection between the two unlikely bedfellows.

Make no mistake, the book is rooted in deep mathematics — Fibonacci numbers, fractals, platonic solids, hyperbolic geometry, prime numbers and their momentous peers — termed thoughtfully as'blueprints' Over generations, this has been a source of much inspiration and, indeed, intimidation, forthe creative community most certainly, who have been trained to believe that their craft resides ina flighty romantic universe, much removed from the chains of textbook rigour. This is a notion that the author is deeply motivated to dispel, through simple prose and decisive logic, as he argues most vehemently that these ‘plueprints' are, indeed, secret sauces for artists, helping them connect meaningfully to audiences — in thought and emotion.