Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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)