2016/03/14 by Michael Artin, Allyn Jackson, John Tate +9 · 1 citation
Medicine · #Historical and Scientific Studies
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openalex publication_date 2016/03/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
At VillecunStarting in 1973, Alexander Grothendieck lived in Villecun, a hamlet near Lodève (about 60 km from Montpellier), in an old and shabby house.The house lacked comfort, but, as he said, it had a soul.I used to go there to do mathematics or simply to visit.Evenings were lit with an old oil lamp, and there was goat's milk and locally produced organic food, which Alexander used to eat with chopsticks, a habit he acquired in Vietnam.He was mainly vegetarian.His house was open to everyone: students, ecologist pals, and sometimes a Buddhist monk with his prayerdrum.