Cédric Villani is a French mathematician and politician working primarily on partial differential equations, Riemannian geometry and mathematical physics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2010 and he was the director of Sorbonne University's Institut Henri Poincaré from 2009 to 2017. Villani was elected to the National Assembly, the lower house of the French Parliament, during the 2017 legislative election.

A remarkable exploration of creativity and aesthetic sensitivity in mathematics, and I would wholly recommend it to anyone who wants to appreciate why it will continue to inspire and fascinate all of its devotees.

• 0: Elisa Brune: Foreword 1: Mathematics, Science, and Poetry 2: Constraints and Creativity 3: Inspiration 4: Making Connections 5: A Portable Universe 6: The Form of Words 7: Visionaries 8: Poincaré and the Omnibus 9: Ping-Pong 10: Ode to Imperfection 11: Appendix: Henri Poincaré on Mathematical Discovery

Cédric Villani is a French mathematician and politician working primarily on partial differential equations, Riemannian geometry and mathematical physics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2010 and he was the director of Sorbonne University's Institut Henri Poincaré from 2009 to 2017. Villani was elected to the National Assembly, the lower house of the French Parliament, during the 2017 legislative election.

A remarkable exploration of creativity and aesthetic sensitivity in mathematics, and I would wholly recommend it to anyone who wants to appreciate why it will continue to inspire and fascinate all of its devotees.

• 0: Elisa Brune: Foreword 1: Mathematics, Science, and Poetry 2: Constraints and Creativity 3: Inspiration 4: Making Connections 5: A Portable Universe 6: The Form of Words 7: Visionaries 8: Poincaré and the Omnibus 9: Ping-Pong 10: Ode to Imperfection 11: Appendix: Henri Poincaré on Mathematical Discovery