With a devilishly effective propaganda, this book will end up in the hands of a large amount of people it will not be of great benefit. First Communion of your godchild: drop it! For your nephew who finished his five sociology Tray: forget! But if the slow maturation, hopes and disappointments, the fruitful collaboration that binds the scientific community, the elation of success make you throb, then you'll devour living Theorem. You will receive, even through the shortcut that is the story, the sum of toil (illuminated by some great lighting) requires that any progress in science today; in other words: the search for the inside. That were it seem pretentious to some, Villani can strut its features and tenacity, as stratospheric quality of science that could be around. He will never have, nor fame, nor indecent revenues of our soccer players but what contribution to the honor of the human mind! For the rest, the style is sober, efficient theatrics: the mathematician side has taken precedence over the whims of the novelist.