Baroque, science et religion chez Pascal

Triangle de Pascal , complexité et automates ∗

À quoi reconnâıt-on qu’une suite est plus ou moins “compliquée” ? Une des traductions mathématiques de ce terme vague consiste à compter les facteurs ou blocs qui apparaissent dans cette suite, (voir par exemple [2]). Il y a naturellement bien d’autres approches possibles, qui dépendent en particulier à la fois des applications qu’on a à l’esprit ... et des quantités que l’on sait calculer ou e...

1 Science and Religion

Certainly no one in 1879 in Ulm, Germany, could have guessed that one of their own born that year would someday receive global praise for his undisputed genius, meriting recently the coveted title “person of the century” (Time magazine). Likewise, international fame was probably not what Albert Einstein himself anticipated in 1895 when he failed the entrance exam for the Federal Polytechnical I...

Science and religion.

Religion, science and markets.

in 2001, a food scandal raged through­ out indonesia. the indonesian ulemas council (Mui; Jakarta, indonesia) accused a Japanese company of using pork products in the production of the flavour enhancer monosodium glutamate (MSg), and demanded that the indonesian govern­ ment take appropriate action. it was a serious accusation: if true, the company would have violated halal rules, which forbid ...

When Science Meets Religion