{"id":114,"date":"2017-08-11T20:45:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T18:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soaziglebihan.org\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2025-11-02T17:50:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T16:50:20","slug":"personal-vita","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.soaziglebihan.org\/index.php\/personal-vita\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Vita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-98 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soaziglebihan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bato1-e1502488640561-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.soaziglebihan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bato1-e1502488640561-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.soaziglebihan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bato1-e1502488640561-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.soaziglebihan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bato1-e1502488640561-1024x703.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I was born and grew up in Bretagne, a celtic region of France, linguistically close to Wales, which was independent from France until 1532. \u00a0I briefly studied math and physics after high school in &#8220;Math Sup&#8221;, simply because I enjoyed these disciplines, and &#8220;I was good at it&#8221;. \u00a0When I finally was encouraged to think about what I wanted to do with my life, \u00a0I realized that I wanted to teach in the humanities: educating young minds (i.e. future citizens) appeared to me as a way to make this world a better place without losing my soul into political games.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-126 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soaziglebihan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1280px-ENS_Ulm_cour_Ernests_DSC00106-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.soaziglebihan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1280px-ENS_Ulm_cour_Ernests_DSC00106-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.soaziglebihan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1280px-ENS_Ulm_cour_Ernests_DSC00106-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.soaziglebihan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1280px-ENS_Ulm_cour_Ernests_DSC00106-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.soaziglebihan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1280px-ENS_Ulm_cour_Ernests_DSC00106.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I moved to Paris when I was selected for the Ecole Normale Sup\u00e9rieure. \u00a0I spent about 10 years in Paris, during which I studied philosophy, discovered the existence of, and developed a passion for philosophy of science, and so studied physics again so that I could become a philosopher of physics.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-127 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soaziglebihan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UofMFall-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.soaziglebihan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UofMFall-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.soaziglebihan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UofMFall.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I lived in Princeton (US), Bielefeld (Germany), Erfurt (Germany), and then Chicago (US) while I was working on my Ph.D. in the philosophy of quantum mechanics. \u00a0Once done with my Ph.D., I got a job at the university of Montana, where I settled, got married, got a house, and gave birth to two wonderful children. \u00a0I learned to love the mountains the same way I love the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>I love science and I love it so much that I take it as my object of study. \u00a0I care for my students and strive to challenge them. \u00a0I grew up sailing the Atlantic ocean and riding horses on the beach. \u00a0I am growing old running marathons, and hiking mountains. \u00a0I am a philosopher, a mother, a partner, and a recreational athlete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was born and grew up in Bretagne, a celtic region of France, linguistically close to Wales, which was independent from France until 1532. \u00a0I briefly studied math and physics after high school in &#8220;Math Sup&#8221;, simply because I enjoyed these disciplines, and &#8220;I was good at it&#8221;. \u00a0When I finally was encouraged to think &hellip; 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