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Hier 15 septembre 2026, nous avons célèbre les 100ans de mon père le #mathématicien JeanPierreSerre, #médailleFields 1954, qui est passé au tableau et a raconté ses souvenirs mathématiques.
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Jean-Pierre Serre, un monument des mathématiques qui fête son centenaire
Le « Mozart des maths » a été mis à l’honneur d’un colloque organisé mardi à l’Institut Henri-Poincaré, à Paris. Ses travaux ont nourri plusieurs générations de mathématiciens et lui ont notamment val...
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September 16, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Hier 15 septembre 2026, nous avons célèbre les 100ans de mon père le #mathématicien JeanPierreSerre, #médailleFields 1954, qui est passé au tableau et a raconté ses souvenirs mathématiques.
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Heading home after a fortnight+ in England. It’s still sunny; I haven’t worn my rain jacket once!
September 16, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Heading home after a fortnight+ in England. It’s still sunny; I haven’t worn my rain jacket once!
@perimeterinstitute.bsky.social remembers eminent physicist Rafael Sorkin, 1945-2026
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“The extraordinary depth and breadth of his foundational work – and his refusal to be confined by disciplinary boundaries – perfectly embodied the spirit of Perimeter.”
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“The extraordinary depth and breadth of his foundational work – and his refusal to be confined by disciplinary boundaries – perfectly embodied the spirit of Perimeter.”
Perimeter remembers eminent physicist Rafael Sorkin, 1945-2026 | PI News
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September 16, 2026 at 12:53 AM
@perimeterinstitute.bsky.social remembers eminent physicist Rafael Sorkin, 1945-2026
perimeterinstitute.ca/news/perimet...
“The extraordinary depth and breadth of his foundational work – and his refusal to be confined by disciplinary boundaries – perfectly embodied the spirit of Perimeter.”
perimeterinstitute.ca/news/perimet...
“The extraordinary depth and breadth of his foundational work – and his refusal to be confined by disciplinary boundaries – perfectly embodied the spirit of Perimeter.”
Catherine Lovegrove mural, “Platform One” of Paddington Station.
September 16, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Catherine Lovegrove mural, “Platform One” of Paddington Station.
World Wars memorial for Great Western Railway workers, in Paddington Station.
September 16, 2026 at 12:36 AM
World Wars memorial for Great Western Railway workers, in Paddington Station.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, first engineer of the Great Western Railway, and designer of Paddington Station.
September 16, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, first engineer of the Great Western Railway, and designer of Paddington Station.
Nick Drake poem “Message from the unseen world” installed under Bishop’s Bridge Road in Paddington Central, for Alan Turing, born near here in 1912.
September 16, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Nick Drake poem “Message from the unseen world” installed under Bishop’s Bridge Road in Paddington Central, for Alan Turing, born near here in 1912.
Marmite & toasties at StarbucksUK (which is not Starbucks since my app doesn’t work).
September 15, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Marmite & toasties at StarbucksUK (which is not Starbucks since my app doesn’t work).
This book, edited by Grybauskas, includes Tolkien’s alliterative poetic drama, _The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth_, the leader of the defeated Anglo-Saxon defenders. There is a statue of him, at age 68 (so I should have a few more good years!), at the end of the #Maldon Promenade.
September 14, 2026 at 11:24 PM
This book, edited by Grybauskas, includes Tolkien’s alliterative poetic drama, _The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth_, the leader of the defeated Anglo-Saxon defenders. There is a statue of him, at age 68 (so I should have a few more good years!), at the end of the #Maldon Promenade.
#Maldon is perhaps best known for Maldon Salt Co., but long before that company was formed, it was the site of the defeat of the Anglo-Saxons by the Vikings in August 991, described in _The Battle of Maldon_. I found this translation by Tolkien in a bookstore there on High Street.
September 14, 2026 at 11:12 PM
#Maldon is perhaps best known for Maldon Salt Co., but long before that company was formed, it was the site of the defeat of the Anglo-Saxons by the Vikings in August 991, described in _The Battle of Maldon_. I found this translation by Tolkien in a bookstore there on High Street.
The Maldon Moot Hall was built in 1420 by Sir Robert D’Arcy. Coincidentally, yesterday in @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social Chapel I noticed the memorial floor slab of Sir Thomas Darcy, his great-great-great-great-great grandson.
Visited Maldon in Essex today. This is the 15th century Moot Hall, where the town council met for centuries. Having tea at Mrs. Salisbury’s we ran into Sue from this video: youtu.be/X3TnTVaBPbU?...
September 14, 2026 at 10:42 PM
The Maldon Moot Hall was built in 1420 by Sir Robert D’Arcy. Coincidentally, yesterday in @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social Chapel I noticed the memorial floor slab of Sir Thomas Darcy, his great-great-great-great-great grandson.
Visited Maldon in Essex today. This is the 15th century Moot Hall, where the town council met for centuries. Having tea at Mrs. Salisbury’s we ran into Sue from this video: youtu.be/X3TnTVaBPbU?...
September 14, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Visited Maldon in Essex today. This is the 15th century Moot Hall, where the town council met for centuries. Having tea at Mrs. Salisbury’s we ran into Sue from this video: youtu.be/X3TnTVaBPbU?...
My PhD advisor and dear friend, Rafael Sorkin, passed away Saturday night. I was thinking of him Sunday afternoon in the @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social Chapel while the organist was practicing. Rafael was not particularly religious, but he would have appreciated the music.
September 14, 2026 at 10:34 AM
My PhD advisor and dear friend, Rafael Sorkin, passed away Saturday night. I was thinking of him Sunday afternoon in the @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social Chapel while the organist was practicing. Rafael was not particularly religious, but he would have appreciated the music.
A quieter part of #Cambridge, the Coe Fen:
September 14, 2026 at 9:26 AM
A quieter part of #Cambridge, the Coe Fen:
The Corpus Christi Chronophage Clock, designed by alumnus and horologist John C. Taylor www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/sec...
September 14, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Corpus Christi Chronophage Clock, designed by alumnus and horologist John C. Taylor www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/sec...
Plaque memorializing Edward FitzGerald’s lodgings on King’s Parade when he was a student at Trinity College Cambridge 1826-30. His “translation”, _The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam_, was published in several different versions, in 1859, 1868, 1872, and 1879 (and posthumously, 1889).
September 14, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Plaque memorializing Edward FitzGerald’s lodgings on King’s Parade when he was a student at Trinity College Cambridge 1826-30. His “translation”, _The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam_, was published in several different versions, in 1859, 1868, 1872, and 1879 (and posthumously, 1889).
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I’m looking forward to visiting Washington State University Department of History and WSU Libraries on Monday September 14! See you there if you’re in the area 🗃️
Excited to share Alaska Native history!
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Excited to share Alaska Native history!
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September 14 Pettyjohn Lecture Describes Alaska Native History during World War II – WSU Libraries
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September 10, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I’m looking forward to visiting Washington State University Department of History and WSU Libraries on Monday September 14! See you there if you’re in the area 🗃️
Excited to share Alaska Native history!
libraries.wsu.edu/blog/2026/08...
Excited to share Alaska Native history!
libraries.wsu.edu/blog/2026/08...
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Carolyn Forché Once Got the O.E.D. for Valentine’s Day www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/b...
Carolyn Forché Once Got the O.E.D. for Valentine’s Day
“I haven’t finished it yet,” she says of the 20-volume gift from her husband. A new book, “Otherwhere,” collects 50 years of her poetry.
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September 13, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Carolyn Forché Once Got the O.E.D. for Valentine’s Day www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/b...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the Chapel @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social where he studied w/o graduating, and wrote, “A mathematical problem” archive.org/details/cu31...
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In which the circles make a pother Cutting and slashing one another,
Bid the straight lines a journeying go.
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In which the circles make a pother Cutting and slashing one another,
Bid the straight lines a journeying go.
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September 14, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the Chapel @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social where he studied w/o graduating, and wrote, “A mathematical problem” archive.org/details/cu31...
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In which the circles make a pother Cutting and slashing one another,
Bid the straight lines a journeying go.
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In which the circles make a pother Cutting and slashing one another,
Bid the straight lines a journeying go.
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Some of the sculptures @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social
Barry Flanagan, _Bronze Horse_
Keir Smith, _Coastal Path_
Geoffrey Clarke, _Call it Hadrian’s Wall_
Danny Lane, _Empress_
Barry Flanagan, _Bronze Horse_
Keir Smith, _Coastal Path_
Geoffrey Clarke, _Call it Hadrian’s Wall_
Danny Lane, _Empress_
September 14, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Some of the sculptures @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social
Barry Flanagan, _Bronze Horse_
Keir Smith, _Coastal Path_
Geoffrey Clarke, _Call it Hadrian’s Wall_
Danny Lane, _Empress_
Barry Flanagan, _Bronze Horse_
Keir Smith, _Coastal Path_
Geoffrey Clarke, _Call it Hadrian’s Wall_
Danny Lane, _Empress_
We started our very English day by visiting Flatford, where John Constable painted his most famous landscape, _The Hay Wain_. There is a lot of duckweed because the summer has been so hot. The model of the hay wain is at #Colchester Castle @colmuseums.bsky.social.
September 13, 2026 at 10:54 AM
We started our very English day by visiting Flatford, where John Constable painted his most famous landscape, _The Hay Wain_. There is a lot of duckweed because the summer has been so hot. The model of the hay wain is at #Colchester Castle @colmuseums.bsky.social.
Memorial to the victims of the Essex Witch Hunts, imprisoned in the dungeons of #Colchester Castle in the 16th & 17th centuries.
September 12, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Memorial to the victims of the Essex Witch Hunts, imprisoned in the dungeons of #Colchester Castle in the 16th & 17th centuries.
Finishing off the most British of days w/the last night at the Proms (just on TV):
September 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Finishing off the most British of days w/the last night at the Proms (just on TV):
My favorite part of the @ColMuseums at #Colchester Castle: a chainmail hauberk. It is very heavy!
September 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
My favorite part of the @ColMuseums at #Colchester Castle: a chainmail hauberk. It is very heavy!