Zoomorphismes avant Darwin

Avant Propos

Avant-propos.

Kantorovitch's theorem gives su cient conditions for the convergence of Newton's method. We presenta full formalization of this theorem in the case of a real function. The work is accomplished inside the Coqproof assistant and it is based on the Reals library provided by the theorem prover. For the general case ofthe theorem we rst describe a way to represent concepts from multivari...

Science Avant-Garde

o think that the neoimpressionists are painters who cover canvases with little multicolored spots is a rather widespread mistake, " wrote Paul Signac in his manifesto of their movement. " This mediocre dot method has nothing to do with the aesthetic of the painters we are defending here, nor with the technique of divisionism they use. " Signac was referring to, among others, Georges Seurat, who...

Darwin

The idea of biological evolution has a complex history throughout science and society. In Darwin, Darwin College at Cambridge University brings together nine scholars from diverse fields to discuss the legacy of the college namesake. This series of highly accessible lectures, intended for a popular audience, presents Darwin’s theory as both a vital part of our culture and an ongoing global deba...

Darwin

ADRIAN DESMOND and JAMES MOORE, Darwin, London, Michael Joseph Ltd, 1991, pp. xvii, 773, illus., £20.00 (0-7181-3430-3). Charles Darwin has attracted many biographers fascinated by the paradox of the wealthy and industrious Victorian invalid who, immured in rural isolation, reluctantly destroyed the world-picture of the wealthy Victorians. Adrian Desmond and James Moore, in their lengthy new bi...