Playlist · 67 episodes

Dans la tête des génies

Duels à l'aube, exils légitimistes, académies et tombes fleuries du Père-Lachaise : les vies de mathématiciens ne sont jamais rectilignes — elles se croisent, divergent et laissent des traces.

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Episodes (67)

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Hong Wang: the needle problem unsolved for a century
Aug 24, 2026 · 5 min
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Alex Chui, British schoolboy: seven medals and a record
Jul 31, 2026 · 5 min
03
Sak Tahn Waax: a signature rediscovered after twelve centuries
Jul 31, 2026 · 6 min
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Émile Borel: From Probability Theory to Politics Premium
Jul 27, 2026 · 13 min
05
Arcouest: From Holidays to a Network of Scholars
Jul 27, 2026 · 6 min
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Émile Borel’s notebook preserves a course on quanta Premium
Jul 27, 2026 · 18 min
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Émile Borel: how did he link science, Europe and politics?
Jul 2, 2026 · 5 min
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Émile Borel: From the Laboratory to the Halls of Power Premium
Jul 1, 2026 · 23 min
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Grothendieck: why two thousand pages on memory? Premium
Jul 1, 2026 · 23 min
10
From Molecules to Gas: Hilbert's 125-Year Challenge
Jun 29, 2026 · 5 min
11
Archimedes: Tracing the Lost Leaf Found in Blois
Jun 29, 2026 · 6 min
12
AI without proof: investigating the Leiden Declaration
Jun 19, 2026 · 5 min
13
Hypothesis, Book, false claim: Laplace, Erdős, Hardy Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 6 min
14
Descartes: why did his science need God?
Jun 8, 2026 · 26 min
15
Newton: why does absolute space lead to the divine? Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 20 min
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Yi Jing, a divination text: Leibniz’s binary investigation Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 22 min
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Whitehead: why does God give mathematics its order? Premium
Jun 8, 2026 · 20 min
18
Gladys West: the hidden career behind GPS accuracy
Apr 30, 2026 · 6 min
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Terence Tao: AI suggests, the mathematician checks
Apr 30, 2026 · 5 min
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Michèle Audin: how maths shaped her novels
Apr 22, 2026 · 24 min

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