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Abstract In Western countries today, the horse is no more than a leisure animal. Even yesterday, however, they occupied a central place in our societies. Fast as lightning, they carried our ancestors around the world, their cultures, languages and germs, …

This lecture will look at the settlement of Asia, or the " Asians ", as well as Oceania. We will see how ancient DNA data have revealed an extremely complex history ; from the disappearance of certain human populations, through a large number of …

The seminar is cancelled. Abstract Quantum networks are tailor-made large-scale quantum systems with applications ranging from quantum computation to communication. Elementary networks with limited capabilities have been demonstrated, but realizing a …

Abstract Kinetically Constrained Spin Models (KCSM) are interacting particle systems on integer latticeswhich have been introduced by physicists in the 80's to model the liquid/glass transition and more generally the "glassy behaviour" occurring in a wide …

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Learning is essential. School, college, high school, university, vocational training, work... are all opportunities to develop the potential of each individual, from fundamental disciplinary knowledge (reading, spelling, mathematics...) to human values …

Abstract Thanks to the seminal works of Raffaella Cribiore, papyrological evidence has been largely exploited, in order to reconstruct the mechanisms of teaching and learning how to write and read in Graeco-Roman Egypt, and more in general the …

The presence of Shivaism in Bactria : Dil'berdzhin, Surkh Kotal. …

Over the course of the previous lectures, the relationship between Demeter's action among humans and the growth of cereals has become increasingly clear. As a result, it makes sense to posit, at least as a preliminary hypothesis, that the festivals …

Abstract Copying and modifying a branch of a balanced tree, while sharing the unmodified subtrees with the original tree, is a simple and general technique for building many persistent data structures with O(log n) complexities. The lecture will show this …

Today, nature is often understood as the external physical environment that surrounds us. For the ancients, physis / natura was an immanent, life-giving force ; according to a definition by Aristotle, " a principle and cause of movement and rest for the …

Abstract (4) Mathematics. The training students receive also extends to the world of numbers (in the form of basic operations). The tables of metrological conversions written by Dioscore ( P.Lond. V 1718) could be linked to this type of training. (5) …

Abstract Exploring fluid transport at the nanoscale has necessitated the development of original experimental devices, which allow flow to be measured through an individual nanochannel. In contrast to this " nano " approach, " macroscopic " approaches, …

This lecture will explore one of the most elementary yet subtle transport phenomena : osmosis. The phenomenon of osmosis is usually associated with the notion of osmotic pressure, as described by van 't Hoff. First, we'll look at the molecular nature of …

Abstract The way we think about characters, essential elements in literature, has changed a great deal : consider, for example, the attack on the hero, that " outdated notion ", according to Robbe-Grillet. A current assessment can be made in three stages. …

Abstract Paul Valéry's conception of great art is particularly elitist  : "   Ce que tout le monde peut faire est exclu de la poétique   " (12   décembre 1941). It also presupposes a biological view of history, with progress and decadence, and is …

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