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Michael is the future pope. Before addressing the crowds from the central balcony of St. Peter's, he retires into the 'Room of Tears', the sacristy adjacent to the Sistine Chapel, accompanied by Cardinal Guido Falcone, camerlingo of the Vatican, and by the Master of Liturgical Ceremony, Cardinal Stefan von Harden, while the Swiss Guard are looking for Sofia, an accountant from the Vatican Bank.What secrets do Guido and Stefan share? Why is Sofia in hiding? What does Michael know and what does he suspect? Is he naïve or clear-sighted? Is he innocent or must he share the blame?A cliff-hanger which brings humour and emotion to its treatment of power, of betrayal, of responsibility, of love, of religion and of personal choice. A comedy that invites humanity to enter the house of God.Biography: Born in France in 1965, Franck Leprévost is a university professor, mathematician, polyglot, art-collector and nomad. In demand by the European Parliament, his reports have contributed to legislation in several European countries, notably the study, of which he is co-author, of the electronic surveillance network, Echelon, published ten years before the Snowden affair burst onto the scene.Translator: Christopher Cowell is a graduate in modern languages from the University of Cambridge and a professional theatre practitioner. His translations, particularly of opera, have appeared on a wide range of Britain's stages.

L'émission « En toute transparence » traite hebdomadairement de l'actualité géo-stratégique. Deux invités-surprises prestigieux sont questionnés par un citoyen. François, un instituteur de province, a été choisi pour interroger ce soir la chancelière allemande et le président des Etats-Unis. Écrit en 2015, bien avant la vague des fake news, l'élection de Donald Trump et l'utilisation de la réalité virtuelle dans les campagnes électorales, ce texte aborde de la place des citoyens dans des rapports politiques aux convictions malléables.

Why is the square root of 5 approximately equal to 2.2360679774? How to compute the height of a tree without climbing on it? How to assess the surface of your flat? How to compute the sum of all integers from 0 until the year of your birth in 3 operations, and less than 2 seconds? Why and how are the two main words of this book introducing in a very clear and visual way some of the main concepts and relevant techniques used in calculus. Conceived for first year students in computer science, engineering, mathematics, life science, economy, finance, management or law, this new hands-on tutorial, taking advantage of more than 30 years of practice at universities worldwide, adopts a step-by-step approach, supported by hundreds of examples, and solved exercises.

This book takes up the challenge to equip first year students in computer science, engineering, life science or mathematics with the algorithmic mindset needed in their studies, and in many aspects of their lives, while assuming almost no prior knowledge in mathematics beyond what is taught at elementary school. Students of other programs, and actually anyone interested in understanding how to think as a problem-solver, will benefit from this tutorial and its extensive list of solved exercises. A problem-solver needs a problem to tackle. Contemporary online banking, secure company and state communication, e-commerce, private communication in today's cyberworld: all crucially rely on prime numbers. But how to check whether a number is prime or not? How to perform this test in a couple of seconds for an integer larger than the number of particles in the observable universe? How to assess the balance between speed and risk? The author uses this problem as a pretext to present in a very clear way some of the most relevant algorithms in the mathematics of computation and in computer science. While literature and pictural art punctuate its chapters, this elegantly written book goes beyond. It guides the novice to assess orders of magnitude, to think algorithmically, and to make sound decisions despite partial information.

Statistics, game theory, economic models, electronic circuits, image processing, computer graphics, quantum mechanics, cryptology, control systems, deep learning, neural networks: all, and many more, make use of matrices and linear algebra. But what are matrices? How to compute with them? How to use them? Assuming almost no prior knowledge in mathematics beyond what is taught at elementary school, students (of computer science, engineering, life science, economics, finance, mathematics, etc.) are introduced stepwise to matrices via such concrete questions. The learning-by-doing approach, the focus on computation, and the emphasis on practice taken in this self-contained book aim not only at teaching students how to address these issues efficiently. Foremost, their "raison d'être" is to allow students to understand what they do, and why.The author presents in a very clear way some of the most relevant algorithms in linear algebra. While literature and pictural art punctuate its chapters, this elegantly written book shows that order matters in the universe of matrices.

L’importance des classements internationaux des universités n’ayant cessé de croître depuis la publication du premier classement de Shanghai en 2003, cet ouvrage interroge l’évolution des systèmes d’enseignement supérieur et le rôle des universités marquées par une compétition et des tensions accrues. Posant la question de savoir si le dynamisme des grandes universités est un indicateur adéquat de la vitalité intellectuelle des civilisations dont elles sont issues, Universités et civilisations analyse systématiquement l’évolution des universités dans les principaux classements, dont celui de Shanghai, depuis leurs origines. Cette approche éclaire la montée en puissance des universités chinoises, l’érosion des universités publiques américaines, le déclin des universités japonaises, les efforts des universités françaises et allemandes et la faible présence des universités russes, d’Inde, d’Afrique (à l’exception de l’Afrique du Sud) et d’Amérique latine. Cet ouvrage évoque une refonte des modèles traditionnels de coopération et d’échanges académiques à une époque de tensions internationales croissantes et de nomadisme des personnes et des savoirs.