Share Facebook LinkedIn Bluesky Threads Copy url Search results Search 24252 results Filters Content type Content type (-) Lessons (24021) News (1748) People (1389) Editions (362) Chair (360) (-) Page (231) Research (27) Library (14) Annual Chair (12) Award (6) Active filters Lessons Page Event Jean-Noël Robert Reading texts related to the course topic (6) Seminar 9 Feb 2021 16:00 to 18:00 Event Tristan Vigliano Translations of the Koran over the centuries : from electronic library to mental library Seminar Abstract The seminar presented the Koran 12-21 website. The aim of the site is to make several translations of the Qur'an, from the 12th to the 21st century , easily accessible to a wide audience, thus creating a virtual library. The site mainly includes … 9 Feb 2021 15:30 to 16:30 Event William Marx The dream of the perfect library Lecture Abstract Today, no one could claim to have read everything. However, there was a time when such a claim was still possible, just after the invention of printing. The lecture reviews a few examples of these humanist dreams of perfect libraries: Conrad … 9 Feb 2021 14:30 to 15:30 Event Chris Bowler Biodiversity and Ecosystems through time and space Opening lecture Abstract Biodiversity research is driven, on the one hand, by the desire to know more about the organisms with which we share our planet, but also by the need to understand how ecosystems function, so as to be able to use them and predict how they will … 4 Feb 2021 18:00 to 19:00 Event Jean-Noël Robert Letters of impossible oaths : splendor and misery of courtesans Lecture 9 Feb 2021 10:30 to 11:30 Event Edhem Eldem The Year of the Three Sultans (1876) Lecture Documents and media Download support … 12 Feb 2021 14:00 to 15:30 Event Dominique Charpin 1905 : the Oppert estate Lecture In 1905, aged eighty, Oppert died. His last years, darkened by near-blindness, had been marked by his bitterness towards the younger Assyriologists, with the exception of Charles Fossey, who had all his favors. His succession was opened at the Faculty … 8 Feb 2021 11:00 to 12:00 Series Cultural and Artistic Connection Between the Middle East and Europe During the Renaissance François Déroche, chair History of the Koran. Text and transmission Guest lecturer 07 Feb 2019 Event Patrick Boucheron Cellular memory of ancient fears Lecture Over the last ten years, advances in paleogenomics have given new impetus to the history of the Black Death, not only through the answers they provide, but above all through the new questions they open up. By attempting to understand the epistemological … 9 Feb 2021 11:00 to 12:00 Event Stéphane Mallat Wavelets and sampling Lecture Abstract In low dimensions, nonlinear approximation is generally based on the existence of local regularities. The lecture shows that wavelet bases play a special role, as they allow us to obtain near-optimal approximations of functions that are locally … 10 Feb 2021 09:30 to 11:00 Event Timothy Gowers Probability (II) : the concentration of measurement in large dimensions Lecture Résumé Le phénomène de concentration de la mesure consiste en ce qu’une somme de nombreuses petites quantités aléatoires suffisamment indépendantes a de grandes chances d’être proche de sa moyenne. Ce phénomène permet de prouver de nombreux résultats pour … 1 Feb 2021 10:00 to 12:00 Series Taking Stock of Distributed Computing Rachid Guerraoui, chair Computer Sciences and Digital Technologies Symposium 12 Apr 2019 Event Frantz Grenet et Ching Chao-jung New approach to Chinese sources (mainly Tongdian) on Central Asia west of the Pamirs (3) Seminar Knowledge of Chinese is not required. … 5 Feb 2021 10:30 to 12:00 Event Marcos Gonzales-Gaitan Scaling Morphogenesis Seminar 8 Feb 2021 15:45 to 16:45 Event Dominique Larcher Cells and batteries : tools for thermodynamics Seminar The study of the conversion of heat into motion (= thermodynamics) was born out of the Industrial Revolution and the need to understand and improve the operation of steam engines. Indeed, the efficiency of the first " fire engines " did not exceed 2 % ! … 8 Feb 2021 15:00 to 16:00 Event Jean-François Joanny Regulation of tissue size Lecture Documents and media Download support Download lecture notes References U. Alon, An Introduction to Systems Biology, CRC Press (2020). J. B. Gurdon and P.-Y. Bourillot "Morphogen gradient interpretation", Nature , 413,797-803 (2001). Danny Ben-Zvi a and … 8 Feb 2021 14:00 to 15:30 Event Jean-Marie Tarascon Recent advances in battery technology and an introduction to diagnostic techniques Lecture Due to their performance, which reaches mass and volume energy densities of around 240 Wh/kg and 600Wh/l, Li-ion batteries are seen as the sinews of war for the rapid development of electric vehicles and, in the longer term, for the storage - and … 8 Feb 2021 14:00 to 15:00 Event Gilles Tarjus The multiple puzzles of Ising's random-field model Seminar 8 Feb 2021 11:15 to 12:15 Event Bernard Derrida The physics of disordered systems and its applications (5) Lecture 8 Feb 2021 09:30 to 11:00 Event Frantz Grenet Royal themes (2) Lecture 4 Feb 2021 15:30 to 16:30 Event François-Xavier Fauvelle Thresholds : political, cultural and environmental ecology of Muslim societies in medieval Ethiopia Lecture 16 Nov 2020 16:00 to 18:00 Event Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge The Greek paradox : religion " primary " vs. the exercise of reason Lecture Abstract To speak of norms and authority in religious matters implies a broader consideration of the place of what we call " religion " in Greek society, beyond the generalities that emphasize its embeddedness in all areas of ancient existence, albeit … 4 Feb 2021 11:00 to 12:00 Series Questions of religion in modern times Sanjay Subrahmanyam, chair A global history of early modernity Symposium The history of the word " religion ", as a descriptive and analytical category, has passed through several distinct phases. In a first phase, " originelle " if you like, the word refers to the beliefs and practices of the inhabitants of a relatively … 09 Apr 2019 Series Biodiversity, Epigenetics and the Environment Edith Heard, chair Epigenetics and Cellular Memory Symposium Organized by Edith Heard. Co-sponsored by EMBL Alumni. … 08 Apr 2019 → 09 Apr 2019 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ … Page 297 Page 298 Page 299 Page 300 Page 301 Page 302 Page 303 Page 304 Page 305 … Next page ›› Last page Last »
Event Jean-Noël Robert Reading texts related to the course topic (6) Seminar 9 Feb 2021 16:00 to 18:00
Event Tristan Vigliano Translations of the Koran over the centuries : from electronic library to mental library Seminar Abstract The seminar presented the Koran 12-21 website. The aim of the site is to make several translations of the Qur'an, from the 12th to the 21st century , easily accessible to a wide audience, thus creating a virtual library. The site mainly includes … 9 Feb 2021 15:30 to 16:30
Event William Marx The dream of the perfect library Lecture Abstract Today, no one could claim to have read everything. However, there was a time when such a claim was still possible, just after the invention of printing. The lecture reviews a few examples of these humanist dreams of perfect libraries: Conrad … 9 Feb 2021 14:30 to 15:30
Event Chris Bowler Biodiversity and Ecosystems through time and space Opening lecture Abstract Biodiversity research is driven, on the one hand, by the desire to know more about the organisms with which we share our planet, but also by the need to understand how ecosystems function, so as to be able to use them and predict how they will … 4 Feb 2021 18:00 to 19:00
Event Jean-Noël Robert Letters of impossible oaths : splendor and misery of courtesans Lecture 9 Feb 2021 10:30 to 11:30
Event Edhem Eldem The Year of the Three Sultans (1876) Lecture Documents and media Download support … 12 Feb 2021 14:00 to 15:30
Event Dominique Charpin 1905 : the Oppert estate Lecture In 1905, aged eighty, Oppert died. His last years, darkened by near-blindness, had been marked by his bitterness towards the younger Assyriologists, with the exception of Charles Fossey, who had all his favors. His succession was opened at the Faculty … 8 Feb 2021 11:00 to 12:00
Series Cultural and Artistic Connection Between the Middle East and Europe During the Renaissance François Déroche, chair History of the Koran. Text and transmission Guest lecturer 07 Feb 2019
Event Patrick Boucheron Cellular memory of ancient fears Lecture Over the last ten years, advances in paleogenomics have given new impetus to the history of the Black Death, not only through the answers they provide, but above all through the new questions they open up. By attempting to understand the epistemological … 9 Feb 2021 11:00 to 12:00
Event Stéphane Mallat Wavelets and sampling Lecture Abstract In low dimensions, nonlinear approximation is generally based on the existence of local regularities. The lecture shows that wavelet bases play a special role, as they allow us to obtain near-optimal approximations of functions that are locally … 10 Feb 2021 09:30 to 11:00
Event Timothy Gowers Probability (II) : the concentration of measurement in large dimensions Lecture Résumé Le phénomène de concentration de la mesure consiste en ce qu’une somme de nombreuses petites quantités aléatoires suffisamment indépendantes a de grandes chances d’être proche de sa moyenne. Ce phénomène permet de prouver de nombreux résultats pour … 1 Feb 2021 10:00 to 12:00
Series Taking Stock of Distributed Computing Rachid Guerraoui, chair Computer Sciences and Digital Technologies Symposium 12 Apr 2019
Event Frantz Grenet et Ching Chao-jung New approach to Chinese sources (mainly Tongdian) on Central Asia west of the Pamirs (3) Seminar Knowledge of Chinese is not required. … 5 Feb 2021 10:30 to 12:00
Event Dominique Larcher Cells and batteries : tools for thermodynamics Seminar The study of the conversion of heat into motion (= thermodynamics) was born out of the Industrial Revolution and the need to understand and improve the operation of steam engines. Indeed, the efficiency of the first " fire engines " did not exceed 2 % ! … 8 Feb 2021 15:00 to 16:00
Event Jean-François Joanny Regulation of tissue size Lecture Documents and media Download support Download lecture notes References U. Alon, An Introduction to Systems Biology, CRC Press (2020). J. B. Gurdon and P.-Y. Bourillot "Morphogen gradient interpretation", Nature , 413,797-803 (2001). Danny Ben-Zvi a and … 8 Feb 2021 14:00 to 15:30
Event Jean-Marie Tarascon Recent advances in battery technology and an introduction to diagnostic techniques Lecture Due to their performance, which reaches mass and volume energy densities of around 240 Wh/kg and 600Wh/l, Li-ion batteries are seen as the sinews of war for the rapid development of electric vehicles and, in the longer term, for the storage - and … 8 Feb 2021 14:00 to 15:00
Event Gilles Tarjus The multiple puzzles of Ising's random-field model Seminar 8 Feb 2021 11:15 to 12:15
Event Bernard Derrida The physics of disordered systems and its applications (5) Lecture 8 Feb 2021 09:30 to 11:00
Event François-Xavier Fauvelle Thresholds : political, cultural and environmental ecology of Muslim societies in medieval Ethiopia Lecture 16 Nov 2020 16:00 to 18:00
Event Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge The Greek paradox : religion " primary " vs. the exercise of reason Lecture Abstract To speak of norms and authority in religious matters implies a broader consideration of the place of what we call " religion " in Greek society, beyond the generalities that emphasize its embeddedness in all areas of ancient existence, albeit … 4 Feb 2021 11:00 to 12:00
Series Questions of religion in modern times Sanjay Subrahmanyam, chair A global history of early modernity Symposium The history of the word " religion ", as a descriptive and analytical category, has passed through several distinct phases. In a first phase, " originelle " if you like, the word refers to the beliefs and practices of the inhabitants of a relatively … 09 Apr 2019
Series Biodiversity, Epigenetics and the Environment Edith Heard, chair Epigenetics and Cellular Memory Symposium Organized by Edith Heard. Co-sponsored by EMBL Alumni. … 08 Apr 2019 → 09 Apr 2019