Bourbaki

The article states "Bourbaki is the name of the French army's commander who made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide rather than live with the shame."

Bourbaki Panorama - Boing Boing 2009

"Bourbaki is the name of the French army's commander who made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide rather than live with the shame."

Bourbaki Panorama - Boing Boing 2009

Bourbaki is very much a cloistered world, but it's actually kind of anti-ritual in that everything is generalized to the max and formalized not quite to the extent of Russell and Whitehead, but still well past the point of mind-numbing cruelty.

Geographic regions not yet enlightened by the mathic world 2008

Bourbaki is very much a cloistered world, but it's actually kind of anti-ritual in that everything is generalized to the max and formalized not quite to the extent of Russell and Whitehead, but still well past the point of mind-numbing cruelty.

Geographic regions not yet enlightened by the mathic world 2008

I recently returned from a brief lecture tour of Switzerland, during the course of which I was taken to the Bourbaki Panorama while in Lucerne: an amazing reconstruction of the French army's demoralized retreat across the Swiss border after being defeated and demobilized by the Germans in 1871 - Bourbaki is the name of the French army's commander who made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide rather than live with the shame - the Panorama is located at the top of large purpose-built roundhouse near the lake and features dozens of wax figures set against a painted backdrop ... there aren't a lot of pix of it on the web, and you're not allowed to take photographs while you're in there, but this attached one (click image to enlarge) gives you a good idea of how it's put together.

Bourbaki Panorama - Boing Boing 2009

I recently returned from a brief lecture tour of Switzerland, during the course of which I was taken to the Bourbaki Panorama while in Lucerne: an amazing reconstruction of the French army's demoralized retreat across the Swiss border after being defeated and demobilized by the Germans in 1871 - Bourbaki is the name of the French army's commander who made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide rather than live with the shame - the Panorama is located at the top of large purpose-built roundhouse near the lake and features dozens of wax figures set against a painted backdrop ... there aren't a lot of pix of it on the web, and you're not allowed to take photographs while you're in there, but this attached one (click image to enlarge) gives you a good idea of how it's put together.

Boing Boing 2008

The group called Bourbaki started to publish boring, mechanical books that were based on the ideology that physical intuition must always be assassinated whenever it appears near the iron curtain separating mathematics from the rest of the world of ideas.

The Reference Frame 2010

My friend Ken Hollings, author of Welcome to Mars, recently visited the Bourbaki Panorama in Luzern, Switzerland.

Bourbaki Panorama - Boing Boing 2009

Painted in 1881, the 1,000 square meter Bourbaki Panorama painting was later augmented with mannequins and props to enhance the immersion experience.

Bourbaki Panorama - Boing Boing 2009

For more on the Bourbaki Panorama, see this 2003 article in VRMag by Michelle Bienias: 19th Century Bourbaki Panorama

Bourbaki Panorama - Boing Boing 2009