ELISABETH BUSSER
226 articles published in Tangente
Math for everyoneN°71Jul 10, 2019The unforgettable Emmy Noether
A strong-willed woman and visionary mathematician, Emmy Noether defied many restrictions throughout her life and opened up new fields in mathematics and physics.
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Math for everyoneN°188May 14, 2019Instruments in the service of music
Marking time, giving music its rhythm by keeping the beat: these are the functions of an object that accompanies many musicians—the metronome. Originally mechanical, it later became electronic, no doubt to keep in tune and move with the times…
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Math for everyoneN°188May 13, 2019A geometric tool of unparalleled power
The harmonic range, like the more general notion of cross-ratio, has proved essential to geometric reasoning, particularly when dealing with cocyclicity—the property of points in the plane lying on the same circle—or pencils of lines.
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Math for everyoneN°188May 13, 2019The first photograph of a black hole, thanks to Katie Bouman
The first photograph of a black hole was produced using an algorithm tasked with assembling all the data collected by a network of telescopes.
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Math for everyoneN°188May 13, 2019Karen Uhlenbeck: the first woman to win the Abel Prize!
Following Ingrid Daubechies and Claire Voisin, another female mathematician has been honored this year.
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Maths and artN°70Apr 11, 2019Exceptional surfaces in architecture
Architecture today combines practicality with spectacle. New digital techniques make it possible to design buildings with extraordinary forms.
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Maths and artN°70Apr 11, 2019Arata Isokazi, 2019 Pritzker Prize winner
Japanese architect Arata Isokazi has just been awarded the Pritzker Prize, architecture's very own "Nobel Prize."
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History and CultureN°187Mar 25, 2019Three mathematicians honored
The 2019 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award went to Claire Voisin and Ingrid Daubechies. At the same time, Jean-François Le Gall received the prestigious Wolf Prize.
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History and CultureN°186Jan 22, 2019Different perspectives…
Among Leonardo da Vinci's many talents, his ability to reveal the many facets of perspective—all explored in his work—was by no means the least. Having mastered vanishing-point perspective, he went on to explore atmospheric perspective and then the technique of sfumato.
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Math for everyoneN°186Jan 21, 2019In the press too…
Mathematical games, familiar from the scientific press, are few and far between in the mainstream press. Some newspapers have nevertheless taken the plunge, often with success! There is indeed an audience for recreational mathematics—provided it is not schoolwork in disguise.
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History and CultureN°185Nov 21, 2018Michel Serfati: a passion for the history of mathematical ideas
Mathematician, philosopher and historian of science, Michel Serfati, who died on September 30 last year, was all three.
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History and CultureN°185Nov 21, 2018Pierre Duchet: research in action
Mathematician Pierre Duchet died on October 27 last year at his home in Mexico City. A friend of the editorial team at Tangente, this specialist in combinatorics, discrete mathematics and especially graph theory was always eager to share his work with younger generations.
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