Cédric Villani is one of France's top mathematicians, working across several fields of the discipline. He's won a number of titles and awards for his work. A professor at Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ...

There’s an old joke about the French: A guy gives a plan to a Frenchman. He looks at it, shakes his head and says, “Well, that probably works fine in practice, but how does it work in theory?” It’s a ...