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Abstract Best-seller of antiquity, Homer is the Greek author most often attested by papyrological documentation, and the Iliad is two or three times more frequently attested than the Odyssey . One of the reasons for this is that Homer was the " …
15:30 to 17:00
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Borromean rings. They are intertwined so that they can all separate as soon as one of them is cut. r. Tan Davis / Flickr …
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Merit and " meritocracy " (continued)
Pierre-Michel Menger, chair Sociology of Creative Work
Merit and " meritocracy " (continued)
Pierre-Michel Menger, chair Sociology of Creative Work
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Borromean rings. They are intertwined so that they can all separate as soon as one of them is cut. r. Tan Davis / Flickr Since Newton's work, the three-body problem has fascinated generations of physicists and mathematicians. In quantum physics, a …
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Abstract We are interested in quasi-linear parabolic systems, in which the diffusion matrix is not uniformly elliptic, but verifies a condition, known as the Petrovskii condition, of positivity of the real part of the eigenvalues. The locally …
11:15 to 12:30
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Abstract Discovered by Edmond Becquerel in 1839, the photovoltaic effect transforms sunlight into electrical power. Spectacular advances in this field have made solar cells emblems of the energy transition. However, although these objects have become …
11:15 to 12:30
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Abstract The increasing use of digital technologies is often described as a revolution. In this session, we will challenge this assumption by exploring how digital technologies, and in particular algorithmic governance techniques, under the guise of …
14:30 to 16:00
Stéphanie Lacour
Electrodes - Part II. Neural stimulation : design and electrochemical properties
Stéphanie Lacour
Electrodes - Part II. Neural stimulation : design and electrochemical properties
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Abstract In the second part of the lecture, attention turns to electrodes designed for neural stimulation, a crucial technique for modulating nerve activity in therapeutic and research contexts. As with the recording of neural activity, electrochemical …
14:00 to 15:30
Esther Duflo
Introduction to educational experimentation
Esther Duflo
Introduction to educational experimentation
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Abstract Esther Duflo will open the Agir pour l'éducation seminar cycle with an introduction to the lecture series. She will take the opportunity to present her books for children, which aim to raise awareness of poverty issues among young people. During …
17:30 to 18:30
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10:00 to 11:30
Salikoko S. Mufwene
Human Migration and Linguistic Evolution
Salikoko S. Mufwene
Human Migration and Linguistic Evolution
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Abstract France truly embarked on its colonial adventure in the 17 th century, following the establishment of trading posts in North America and along the coast of Senegal. This commitment marked the beginning of the spread of French throughout the world …
18:00 to 19:00
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Balanced binary tree. The efficiency of software depends very much on the way it organizes the data it manipulates into algorithmically efficient structures. Most data structures known today are transient : updates to the structure are made by …
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15:30 to 16:30
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Abstract Why did Yhwh decide to destroy his creation, and how did he go about it ? The intertwining of two different accounts of the flood in Gn 6-7 provides several answers to these questions. Documents and media Download …
14:00 to 15:00
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Abstract This lecture will review two concepts that now feature prominently in environmental histories of the modern world and in global change science: The Great Acceleration and the Anthropocene. It will present evidence, drawn mainly from …
11:15 to 12:15
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Abstract The physical climate is a complex system. Because of the feedbacks that can stabilize or destabilize the climate, change is not linear. Human societies are also complex systems, and history can help us describe the possible tipping points that …
10:00 to 11:00
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Aqueduct, Rome. The seminar will focus on Ulpian's De officio proconsulis (On the Duties of the Proconsul ), a kind of guidebook that envisaged the Roman governor's mandate from his arrival in the province to his departure. Reading Ulpian's treatise …
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Aqueduct, Rome. Cicero observed that " by the work of our hands, we try to create, in nature, like a second nature ". Drawing on the legal, literary and philosophical history of Antiquity, this year's lecture explores the resources and limits of the …
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Lecture plan 2.3. and the papyri Exercises delivered by monasteries (continued) 2.3.2. The case of the Epiphanius monastery 2.3.2.1. A teacher in …
11:00 to 12:00