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The quote of the day is by Cedric Villani. In his book, Birth of a Theorem, A Mathematical Adventure, he writes, "Far from moving swiftyly between two points, in a straight line, the mathematician moves forward haltingly, along a long and windy road. He meets with obstacles, suffers setbacks, sometimes he loses his way. As we all do from time to time."
Cedric Villani
Cedric Villani was born 1973 in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France. Villani is currently working on partial differential equations and mathematical physics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2010 for his work on Landau damping and the Boltzmann equation.
In the April 14, 2015, edition of The New Yorker, an article entitled The Lady Gaga of French Mathematicians Comes Stateside by Thomas Lin, Lin quoted Villani, "We (mathematics) are the most hidden of all fields. We are the one that typically interact the least with the outer world. We are also the field which is the most emblematic of revulsion in school."
Geoffroy Clavel wrote in the May 7, 2014 edition of the Huffington Post, an articled entitled Cedric Villani, 'The Lady Gaga of Mathematics' Wants To Bring The Joy Of His Discipline To Everyone. In the article, Clavel describes Villani as the current ambassador of mathematics. Villani not only loves mathematics, "he also wants to convince the wider public that this dry subject can be fascinating - - as long as you know how to talk about it."
I have another item to add to my bucket list, meeting Cedric Villani, perhaps on my next trip to France. Passez une bonne journee mes amis, jusqu'a la prochaine fois.
In the April 14, 2015, edition of The New Yorker, an article entitled The Lady Gaga of French Mathematicians Comes Stateside by Thomas Lin, Lin quoted Villani, "We (mathematics) are the most hidden of all fields. We are the one that typically interact the least with the outer world. We are also the field which is the most emblematic of revulsion in school."
Geoffroy Clavel wrote in the May 7, 2014 edition of the Huffington Post, an articled entitled Cedric Villani, 'The Lady Gaga of Mathematics' Wants To Bring The Joy Of His Discipline To Everyone. In the article, Clavel describes Villani as the current ambassador of mathematics. Villani not only loves mathematics, "he also wants to convince the wider public that this dry subject can be fascinating - - as long as you know how to talk about it."
I have another item to add to my bucket list, meeting Cedric Villani, perhaps on my next trip to France. Passez une bonne journee mes amis, jusqu'a la prochaine fois.
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