Cultural References
A group of 20th-century French mathematicians published many works under the pseudonym Nicolas Bourbaki, named after the general.
The scene of Bourbaki's army being disarmed when they crossed the Swiss borders is the subject of a panoramic painting done in 1881 by Edouard Castres. Since 1889, this 360° painting has been on display in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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—Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)