I am the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics.

Research Interests

My work seeks to understand the world of symmetry by using a classical tool from number theory: zeta functions.  It involves methods from a wide spectrum of mathematics: p-adic Lie groups, model theory, algebraic geometry, analytic methods and more.

Selected Publications 

• The Music of the Primes (Fourth Estate 2003)
• Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician's Journey into Symmetry (Fourth Estate 2008)
• The Number Mysteries (Fourth Estate 2010)