henri poincaré, the greatest french mathematician, thinker, physicist, astronomer and philosopher, wasber of more than thirty academies around the world, including corresponding member of the st. petersburg academy of sciences. poancari is considered, along with the german mathematician david hilbert, to be the last universal mathematician, a scientist capable of covering all the mathematical results of his time. there is no such area of contemporary mathematics. pure or applied, which he would not have enriched with remarkable discoveries. 105 years ago, on april 29, 1919, gerard oury was born, a french film director, an award-winning master of the comedy genre, the author of the famous paintings on razin, a big walk, an escape, an injection with an umbrella, an ace of aces. in this daily battle, where our common fate is being decided, it is rare to have the happiness of meeting such commanders, such irreconcilable fighters. with general boredom like him, pierre richard recalled. everyone saw his films, he helped all of us replenish our personal reserves of love for life, so every t