The French Académie des Sciences awarded one of its prizes for 2017 – Le Prix Leconte to our colleague Nikolay Tzvetkov. The Leconte Prix (in French: Prix Leconte) was founded in 1886 by the French Academy of Sciences to honor breakthroughs in mathematics, physics, chemistry, natural sciences or medicine. In recent years, the award has been awarded to specific categories of mathematics, physics and biology. Laureates of the Award can be scientists and mathematicians of all nationalities. […]