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Book of the WeekCédric Villani - Birth of a Theorem, The Most Beautiful Equation in The WorldSee a gallery of Cédric Villani's mathematician peers

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Ludwig Boltzmann

Physicist and philosopher known for the development of statistical mechanics

  • Ludwig Boltzmann
  • Lev Landau
  • Joseph Fourier
  • John Nash
  • Clement Mouhot

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    1/5Rock-star mathematician Cédric Villani's magical mystery tour through the world of maths

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