Interview with Hélène Esnault

Hélène Esnault is an Einstein Professor in Freie Universitaet Berlin, working in algebraic geometry. In this interview Hélène talks, among other things, about social discrimination, her passions to poetry and philosophy, and her work at the Fields Medal Committee. Hélène's homepage: http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/esnault/​ 0:00​ Social discrimination 6:57​ Passionate about humanities 12:00​ Struggle of solving math problems, being different 17:44​ Focusing on math and intuition 21:25​ Moment of enlightenment 23:26​ Working on a math problem 29:10​ Losing keys at night 31:05​ Experience of collaborations 36:07​ Are you good enough to do math 37:49​ Personal webpage filled with poetry and photos 46:35​ Working in international committees 53:42​ Fields Medal Committee 58:00​ Fun quiz for the end!