René Thom

French mathematician.

Born September 2nd, 1923 in Montbéliard. [ref]

Died October 25th, 2002 at 79 years old in Bures-sur-Yvette. [ref]

Occupations
mathematician, university teacher
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Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius