The aspects that struck me the most about this article was how passionately political his parents were. Moving around Europe in an effort to outright escape/sup

The aspects that struck me the most about this article was how passionately political his parents were. Moving around Europe in an effort to outright escape/support various political factions. In fact, much of their apparent political views and the people they were supporting seemed to be one vast pool of contradictions (as most European politics were in those days -- thus World War II). And it gave me a possible picture of why Alexandre may have used mathematics as an escape from the ferocious world he grew up around until maybe he became disenchanted with the idea of having any part of this same world at all? I also remember reading about him partaking in anti-nuclear rallies a while back. Idk, just my small take away. :)