Can pi help you win rock, paper, scissors? How did Mozart use maths to create music? And which is really the best property to own in Monopoly?
These questions and many more are answered in Around the World in 80 Games by Oxford’s Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science Marcus du Sautoy. The Horizon broadcaster and The Creativity Code author returns to the festival with his gleeful exploration – spanning millennia and continents – of how the games we love have forever been intertwined with mathematics, and how both are integral to human psychology and culture.

An event from Jewish Book Week 2024.