Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Cédric Villani
Born: October 5, 1973 (age 51)
Bio: Cédric Patrice Thierry Villani is a French mathematician working primarily on partial differential equations, Riemannian geometry and mathematical physics.
Known for:
- Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure (2015)
- Topics in Optimal Transportation (2003)
- Hypocoercivity (2009)