The distinguished mathematician Alain Connes, member of the Scientific Council of the Grothendieck Institute and co-author of the preface to the recent volume “Les Années cachées” – which collects Alexander Grothendieck’s unpublished correspondence with Christian Escriva – has been the guest on the radio programme La Conversation scientifique, hosted by Étienne Klein on France Culture.
During the broadcast, Connes shared an intense and personal witness on Grothendieck’s work and vision, exploring both his scientific genius and his extraordinary human adventure.
The podcast offers a profound portrait of the man and the mathematician, evoking the essential stages of his life, his commitment to intellectual freedom and his radical choice to retire from the academic scene. At the same time, it discloses the surprising relevance of his thinking for contemporary research and encourages a philosophical reflection on the origins and meaning of mathematics.
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