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Murray Gell-Mann: À propos de l'ancêtre de la langue

Filmed Mar 2007 • Posted Jun 2008TED2007
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À la suite d'une présentation au sujet de l'élégance en physique lors de la conférence TED2007, l'incroyable Murray Gell-Man nous donne un bref aperçu d'un autre thème qui le passionne autant: trouver l'ancêtre qui relierait nos langues modernes.

Murray Gell-Mann brings visibility to a crucial aspect of our existence that we can't actually see: elemental particles. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics for introducing quarks, one of two fundamental ingredients for all matter in the universe. Full bio »

Translated into French, Canadian by Charles Bisson
Reviewed by Marika Wallenburg
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