{"id":46,"date":"2021-01-18T08:48:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T07:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T15:47:54","slug":"popularization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/index.php\/popularization\/","title":{"rendered":"Popularization"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-(--header-height)\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"2637a3e9-8307-45c8-b1be-b7fd9250752e\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-1\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"user\">\r\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pt-3 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\r\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col\" tabindex=\"-1\">\r\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\r\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"user\" data-message-id=\"2637a3e9-8307-45c8-b1be-b7fd9250752e\">\r\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden items-end rtl:items-start\">\r\n<div class=\"user-message-bubble-color corner-superellipse\/1.1 relative rounded-[18px] px-4 py-1.5 data-[multiline]:py-3 max-w-[var(--user-chat-width,70%)]\" data-multiline=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap\">On this page, you will find all the outreach activities I have had the pleasure of taking part in, ranging from writing a book to giving talks to high school students, as well as appearing on a radio program.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color: #467599; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0a51b5;\">Tribute to Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>In March 2026, I participated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academie-sciences.fr\/hommage-yvonne-choquet-bruhat-une-mathematicienne-dans-lunivers-deinstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">day honoring Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat<\/a> taking place at <em>Academie des Sciences\u00a0<\/em>in Paris and organized by Thibault Damour, Frank Merle and Laure Saint-Raymond. I gave a popular science presentation in front of high school students on the mathematics of general relativity. Below is the poster and a picture of the event!<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-sans-titre-300x193.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-sans-titre-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-sans-titre-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Design-sans-titre.png 892w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #467599; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0a51b5;\">Voyage au Coeur de l&rsquo;Espace-Temps<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>During the second year of my PhD, I wrote a popularization book with <a href=\"https:\/\/sdascoli.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St\u00e9phane d&rsquo;Ascoli<\/a> on the theory of relativity. Intending a wide audience, this book has been published in March 2021 by First Editions. If you are interested in reading it, click on the cover below !<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livre.fnac.com\/a15602638\/Arthur-Touati-Voyage-au-coeur-de-l-espace-temps-De-la-theorie-de-la-relativite-aux-mysteres-du-cosmos?esl-k=sem-google%7cng%7cc498770416797%7cm%7ckpla366875966876%7cp%7ct%7cdc%7ca118234909615%7cg12350685724&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA4rGCBhAQEiwAelVtiw45J5wZj8iZC7uZzY2agck-pPt4XFXrgSpPJ3Ko2_SU4fJgC6WgqRoCs9UQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;oref=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-129 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cover-page-001-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cover-page-001-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cover-page-001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cover-page-001-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cover-page-001-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cover-page-001.jpg 1861w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Our book is also available as an audio book at Audible, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.fr\/pd\/Voyage-au-cur-de-lespace-temps-Livre-Audio\/B09FF8D6FP?qid=1655654874&amp;sr=1-1&amp;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&amp;pf_rd_p=f20cf038-cbbb-4fa0-adfe-62ed184d8867&amp;pf_rd_r=W16N87DAM3NPXKPAX3J4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to listen to it.<\/p>\r\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #467599; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0a51b5;\">Animath<\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The French non-profit <a href=\"https:\/\/animath.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Animath<\/a> has organized events, tournaments and camps around mathematics for young students for the past twenty years. Here are the events are organized\/participated to:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\u00a0In 2018 and 2019, alongside\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Elodie_Maignant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elodie Maignant<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mabboud.pages.math.cnrs.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marc Abboud<\/a>, I organized the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/filles-et-maths.fr\/rendez-vous-des-jeunes-mathematiciennes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rendez-vous des Jeunes Math\u00e9maticiennes<\/a> (RJM) at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ens.psl.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ecole Normale Sup\u00e9rieure<\/a> (Paris), where 25 students took part in various activities: research workshops, conferences, speedmeetings with woman mathematicians etc.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>In 2020, alongside\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mabboud.pages.math.cnrs.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marc Abboud<\/a>, I coached the winning team for the <a href=\"https:\/\/tfjm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tournoi Fran\u00e7ais des Jeunes Math\u00e9maticiens et Math\u00e9maticiennes<\/a> (TFJM^2), a math tournament also organized by Animath.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color: #467599; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0a51b5;\">Savoir Pour Tous<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>In 2017 I participated in the non-profit <a href=\"https:\/\/sapt.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Savoir Pour Tous<\/a> and gave a lecture to high school students on the subject of infinity in mathematics. In particular, I addressed the following question: are there more real numbers than integers?<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KabPz7iVFrY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #467599; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0a51b5;\">Parimaths<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>During my years at Ecole Normale Sup\u00e9rieure, I had the chance to participate in the math club <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parimaths.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parimaths<\/a>. The goal of this club, which is organized by ENS graduate students, is to present undergraduate mathematical topics to motivated high school students. I wrote notes for some of the lectures I gave:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Les-suites-reelles.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suites num\u00e9riques et construction des r\u00e9els<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/La-construction-des-nombres.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La construction des nombres<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Le-probleme-de-Waring.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le probl\u00e8me de Waring<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arthurtouati.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Les-fractions-continues.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Les fractions continues<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #467599; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0a51b5;\">Media<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>Here are my various media appearances:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Thanks to the publication of our book, St\u00e9phane d&rsquo;Ascoli and myself have been invited by Etienne Klein to his radio show <em>La Conversation Scientifique<\/em>\u00a0broadcast by <span style=\"color: #03224c;\"><strong>France Culture<\/strong><\/span>. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franceculture.fr\/emissions\/la-conversation-scientifique\/lespace-temps-est-courbe-quest-ce-a-dire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to listen to it!<\/li>\r\n<li>I have been interviewed by Ecole Polytechnique:\u00a0<span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ip-paris.fr\/temoignages\/ecrire-un-livre-de-vulgarisation-scientifique-pendant-sa-these-interview-avec-arthur-touati\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ecrire un livre de vulgarisation scientifique pendant sa th\u00e8se<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li>You can check this short popular piece on black holes and their stability: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polytechnique-insights.com\/tribunes\/science\/la-stabilite-des-trous-noirs-enfin-demontree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trous noirs : sont-ils stables ?<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>From September 2022 to June 2023, I was part of the press review writing team of the website <a href=\"https:\/\/images.math.cnrs.fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Images des math\u00e9matiques<\/a>. You can read it\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/images.math.cnrs.fr\/-Revue-de-presse-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>!<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this page, you will find all the outreach activities I have had the pleasure of taking part in, ranging from writing a book to giving talks to high school students, as well as appearing on a radio program. 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