Hidden truths permeate our world; they're inaccessible to our senses, but math allows us to go beyond our intuition to uncover their mysteries. In this survey of mathematical breakthroughs, Fields Medal winner Cédric Villani speaks to the thrill of discovery and details the sometimes perplexing life of a mathematician. "Beautiful mathematical ex...

The Earth: our singularly precious and fragile spaceship. To preserve it, we need science and love, but above all, we need to realize that we are its crew, according to Buckminster Fuller's powerful formula. Cédric Villani is a mathematician and winner of the Fields Medal in 2010 and the Doob Prize in 2014. He studied at top universities to bec...