Céline Pessis explores Grothendieck’s extraordinary journey: a radio interview

Alexander Grothendieck has been the central figure in a special episode of “La Terre au carré”, on France Inter, conducted by Mathieu Vidard.

The guest of the episode was  historian of science and environmental sociologist Céline Pessis, who evoked Grothendieck’s extraordinary journey: his life, his ideas and his bold choices, from mathematical rigour to his commitment to peace, from scientific discoveries to his criticism of institutions, to the depth of his personal search for meaning, linking science, philosophy, spirituality and ecology.