![]() ![]() ![]() In 2010 he was awarded the Fields Medal for his work on Landau damping and the Botlzmann equation. He has received the Jacques Herbrand Prize, the Prize of the European Mathematical Society, the Fermat Prize, and the Henri Poincaré Prize. It doesnt simplify or overexplain rather, it invites readers into collaboration. But you dont have to understand nonlinear Landau damping to love Birth of a Theorem. He is a professor at Lyon University and the director of the Institut Henri Poincaré. Birth of a Theorem is his own account of the year leading up to the award.It invites readers inside the mind of a genius as he wrestles with the most important work of his career. Blending science, history, biography, and myth, Villani’s captivating narrative dives into the intricacies of complex mathematics brings the math community to life along with its many unique personalities (both living and dead) follows Villani’s love of manga and the stories he tells his children and paints a vivid portrait of the passion, imagination, anxiety, elation, and despair that all come together in the name of discovery.Ĭédric Villani is a French mathematician working primarily on partial differential equations and mathematical physics. ![]() ![]() Birth of a Theorem chronicles the year leading up to the release and recognition of his award-winning proof. In 2010, the French mathematician C dric Villani received the Fields Medal, the most coveted prize in mathematics, in recognition of a proof that he devised. Joining us for a reading and signing of Birth of a Theorem, his new book in English, Cédric Villani will share his mesmerizing story and other reflections on his life in mathematics.įields Medal recipient Cédric Villani’s book is an adventure in mathematical discovery. ![]()
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