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Chaos: unpredictable but understandable
Chaos: unpredictable but understandable

2 November 2020 - 18:30

Etienne Ghys
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Disorder, chance and large numbers
Disorder, chance and large numbers

3 November 2020 - 18:30

Laure Saint-Raymond
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A mathematical journey From the infinitely small to the infinitely large
A mathematical journey From the infinitely small to the infinitely large

4 November 2020 - 18:30

Martin Hairer
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The music of shapes
The music of shapes

5 November 2020 - 18:30

Alain Connes
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Mathematics : art or science?
Mathematics : art or science?

6 November 2020 - 18:30

Stanislav Smirnov
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OLIVIER DESSIBOURG
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SARAH SERMONDADAZ
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Tribute
Vaughan Jones should have given the closing lecture at the Wright Colloquium on Friday, November 6. He passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2020
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Scientific experiments

The University of Geneva brings together several public laboratories called Scienscope. Their ambition is to awaken and cultivate a fascination for science among the population and more particularly among young people.

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Exhibition – Beautiful Maths

Mathematics is often perceived as a dry and obscure discipline. Many remember hours spent trying to decipher incomprehensible symbols or understand abstruse formulas. Yet maths have so much to offer!  Those who embark on their discovery have the opportunity to see that they are not only fascinating and exciting, but also… beautiful.

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Sound and light show

We believed in it until the last minute and we hoped to be able to offer you this show. However, the Federal Council’s announcements on the 28th of October did not allow us to maintain the show.
The whole team deeply regrets it but the priority is obviously to control the pandemic.
We hope to seeing you in 2021 if the health situation allows it.

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Previous editions

2018

Gravity, l'attraction universelle

2016

La révolution génomique

2014

Les secrets du soleil

2012

Architecture moléculaire

2010

La révolution quantique

2008

Grandes épidémies: le retour ?

2006

[r]évolution climatique ?