Monthly Archives: February 2010

A. C.

     A. . was one of the persons I saw, each Summer in Mauprévoir, during holidays in fifties.      He lived with his wife and the parents of his wife in the house with a blue cross on the … Continue reading

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Jean Coulomb

     Jean oulomb, 1904 – 1999, was a geophysicist.      In mathematics world, J. Coulomb’s name appears in the history of Bourbaki, the famous top-level french mathematicians group. He was among the founders in 1935 as told in … Continue reading

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Which one ?

  Science and Philosophy I studied both and I can say that the second is much much more difficult than the first      P. M.  

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Gary Cornell

     Gary ornell is a computer scientist, co-founder of Apress, a publisher of information technology books.      The following is the translation of a post in french on this blog. I wrote it more than four years ago; this … Continue reading

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Helen Cornelius

       Helen ornelius, born like me in 1941, is a US singer, songwriter and actress.      Helen Cornelius‘ artistic domain is the country music. Her real name is Helen Lorene Johnson.           P. M. … Continue reading

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Maurizio Cornalba

     Maurizio ornalba is a contemporary italian mathematician.      He is still in activity as professor of Algebra in the Department of Mathematics of Pavia.      Maurizio Cornalba received the italian Bartolozzi Prize in 1975; hence, at that … Continue reading

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Charlotte Corday

       Charlotte orday, 1768 – 1793, has her name in all french school-books of history.      Her full name was Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d’Armont.      A sad times story with a sad end. I read … Continue reading

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Connie Francis

       Connie rancis, born like my sister in 1938, is a US signer.      Connie Francis‘ real name is Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero. Her voice is full of expression.          P. M.   (num code : 295 ; … Continue reading

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Condorcet

    Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de ondorcet, 1743 – 1794, was a french multifaceted thinker.    He is a well known personage of french history and often simply referred to as Condorcet. A famous french high school … Continue reading

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Perry Como

       Perry omo, 1912 – 2001, was a famous U.S. crooner.      His real first name was Pierino.  He was Born in Pennsylvania in a family originating from Italia.  P. Comos’s ambition was first to be hairdresser. He did it … Continue reading

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