This is just a very short post for those interested in a basic talk about Galois, his relations with the French mathematicians of his time, and a general introduction to the "theory of ambiguity". The talk is in French, available at http://www.alainconnes.org/fr/links.php
Do not forget to click on the "HD" symbol on the screen to get a better quality of video..
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For Galois theory/history of maths enthusiasts: mathematical writings of Galois is translated into English by Peter Brown and just been published by the European Mathematical Society Publishing House
http://www.ems-ph.org/books/book.php?proj_nr=137&srch=series|hem
Also, the French web site, Images des Mathematiques http://images.math.cnrs.fr/
Now has Alain's video talk plus several other quite interesting historical documents on Galois.
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