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Philipp Ammon for Quanta Magazine
Michael Atiyah’s Imaginative State of Mind
At 86, Britain’s preeminent mathematical matchmaker is still tackling the big questions and dreaming of a union between the quantum and the gravitational forces. Atiyah, who has been a Member in the School of Mathematics on several occasions, discusses ideas, imagination, and beauty with former Director's Visitor Siobahn Roberts.