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Many young French people—and plenty of not-so-young ones—have a fraught relationship with mathematics. This is no secret. One way to address this, and to keep children from feeling that they are entering unfamiliar territory when they first begin learning mathematics, is to familiarize them early on with the cultural world of mathematics.
Do Parisian voters know that they are choosing the members of three different assemblies? Do they understand how the lucky winners are selected once the votes have been counted? In Marseille and Lyon too, the winner is not necessarily the candidate who received the most votes!
The midpoint of two points and the center of gravity of a triangle are familiar concepts from middle school onward. What do they have in common? How can they be generalized? In the early 19th century, a new approach to geometry put them on a firm mathematical footing through the concept of the barycenter.
Gilles Cohen has always championed breaking down the divide between literary and scientific backgrounds. To him, the two are not only perfectly compatible but also mutually enriching.
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