Abel Prize Awarded for Studies of Universe’s Randomness

Michel Talagrand of France has credited a brush with blindness for leading to the work that resulted in his recognition by the math equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

A portrait of Michel Talagrand, who wears a leather jacket over a button-down shirt. He also sports a headband and a thick white beard and mustache.
Michel Talagrand, a retired researcher at France’s National Center for Scientific Research, won the Abel Prize for advances in understanding randomness in the universe.Credit...Peter Bagde/Typos1/Abel Prize 2024

By Kenneth Chang

Kenneth Chang has reported on the Abel Prize winners of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

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