The House of Mathematics

Original title: "La Maison des Mathématiques"

Introduction

Vessels of an age-old discipline, their numbers are growing along with their importance in our world... But who are they, how do they work and what are their days like?

Through the pictures of photographer Vincent Moncorgé, discover these mathematicians and visit the House of Mathematics: the Institut Henri Poincaré. A historic place for scientific meetings and interactions, the institute welcomes thousands of researchers - mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists - from all over the world every year.

Discover the singular portrait of a community that lives by intellectual rigour, shared inspirations, aesthetic questioning, and the pleasure of challenging the mysteries of the unknown.

Year of creation

2014

Realisation

Production: Institut Henri Poincaré
Exhibition curator: Cédric Villani & Jean-Philippe Uzan
Photographer: Vincent Moncorgé

Technical details

The exhibition has two parts:

• The house of mathematics consists of 37 panels in the formats 119cmx84cm and 84cmx59cm.
• Mathematical models consists of 22 panels in 100cmx100cm format.

All pictures are printed on a dibond support.
All the panels are contained in a fly case on wheels which requires adapted transport.

Public

From age 15.