Robbert Dijkgraaf ar Twitter: "What a rich tribute to our dear departed @the_IAS colleague Jean Bourgain. Let me quote the liberating words spoken to @AlexKontorovich “You're worried that you're not as good
![Jean BOURGAIN | Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif | IGR | Department of Anaesthesia Jean BOURGAIN | Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif | IGR | Department of Anaesthesia](https://i1.rgstatic.net/ii/profile.image/272455273021445-1441969807164_Q512/Jean-Bourgain-2.jpg)
Jean BOURGAIN | Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif | IGR | Department of Anaesthesia
IHES - We were glad to learn that Jean Bourgain, currently IBM von Neumann Professor in the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study and a permanent professor at IHES
![Flanders Today on Twitter: "Ostend-born mathematician Jean Bourgain has received the Breakthrough Prize, or the 'Silicon Valley Nobel Prize' https://t.co/KpzZK0dh5o https://t.co/xOhf9bKrFp" / Twitter Flanders Today on Twitter: "Ostend-born mathematician Jean Bourgain has received the Breakthrough Prize, or the 'Silicon Valley Nobel Prize' https://t.co/KpzZK0dh5o https://t.co/xOhf9bKrFp" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CzJigWDXcAAcOcQ.jpg)
Flanders Today on Twitter: "Ostend-born mathematician Jean Bourgain has received the Breakthrough Prize, or the 'Silicon Valley Nobel Prize' https://t.co/KpzZK0dh5o https://t.co/xOhf9bKrFp" / Twitter
![Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques - IHES a Twitter: "IHES is deeply saddened by the death of Jean Bourgain, IBM von Neumann Professor at @the_IAS, Princeton. A permanent professor at IHES between Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques - IHES a Twitter: "IHES is deeply saddened by the death of Jean Bourgain, IBM von Neumann Professor at @the_IAS, Princeton. A permanent professor at IHES between](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dv571ctX0AAW8AS.jpg)
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques - IHES a Twitter: "IHES is deeply saddened by the death of Jean Bourgain, IBM von Neumann Professor at @the_IAS, Princeton. A permanent professor at IHES between
![Singular Adventures of Baron Bourgain in the Labyrinth of the Continuum - Ideas | Institute for Advanced Study Singular Adventures of Baron Bourgain in the Labyrinth of the Continuum - Ideas | Institute for Advanced Study](https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/images/featured-thumbnails/ideas/gamburd-bourgain-web.jpg)