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Patrice Debré
Robert Debré, a French vocation A very great physician, a great scientist, a model for the French
The style of the narrative is very upbeat, almost that of a novel. The story of a family that is also a way of restoring the history of France from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. The reputation of the author, and
Ivar Ekeland, Jean-Charles Rochet
We Must Tax Financial Speculation Against widespread speculation – a universal tax
Financial speculation goes back to ancient times. Its history sheds light on many aspects of the current situation.
André Grimaldi, Jean-François Bergmann, François Chast, Claire Le Jeunne
The Truth About the Medications You Take
Medications, their benefits and risks, are closely scrutinised here by a team of experts
Catherine Morin
Man and his brain Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience
An assessment of the relationship between neuroscience and psychoanalysis. A synthesis that aids understanding of the possible complementarity between neuroscience and psychoanalysis, of the specificity of each approach, and the value of sharing knowledge about the brain.
André Grimaldi, Frédéric Pierru
Your Health in the Future
How can we maintain the quality of care in hospitals? Is our health system equipped to respond to the challenges of the aging of the population and of chronic illnesses?
Jean-Pierre Bibring
Alone in the Universe
Since the first observations made with space probes, everything seems to indicate that the Earth, the product of a long chain of coincidences, is unique in its kind. Is life not therefore a generic property of the universe?
Pierre Sudreau
Beyond All Frontiers (New Edition)
At the moment when former barriers are crumbling, but old hates and fears are re-emerging, Pierre Sudreau mixes historical tale, political thought and insightful meditation while inviting us to define a new morality of humanity. Deported to Buchenwald, Pierre Sudreau was a police chief at the time of the Libération, and later served as the Director of the Ministry of the Interior. He was a Minister under Charles de Gaulle, and resigned in 1962 at the time of the Constitutional reform. In 1974, he was the author of a celebrated report about business reform.
Bernard Diu
Do atoms really exist ?
Few scientific notions have aroused the speculative imagination like the thermodynamic entropy. All organised systems - societies, living creatures - are destined without exception to decline and eventual death. This book clearly exposes the historical and conceptual development of thermodynamics. Born from a desire to understand and master steam powered machines - the symbol of our industrialised societies - it became the science of the human body. However, it was suddenly passed over in favour of the theory of atoms. It was thus demolished by statistical mechanics which ceded to the imperatives dictated by the atomical structure of the body. After an epic struggle, sometimes quite ferocious, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics have been reconciled by adopting the base of the second with the techniques of the first. This book reads like a novel about contemporary physics. Bernard Diu, a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieur, is a professor at the University of Paris VII.
Michel Zink
Writing in a Language Other Than Mine
An in-depth study of the works of authors who have chosen to write in a foreign language
Mario Polèse, Richard Shearmur, Laurent Terral
French Territorial Equality Paris and the rest of the country
How in less than half a century France restored territorial equilibrium between Paris and the rest of the country
Alain Louyot
The Future of the Press
The first investigation and assessment of its kind, in order to propose a viable new business model for the press. An analysis of current mutations in the press around the world, and of their good and bad consequences for readers.
Pierre-Marie Lledo
The Brain In The 21st Century
Beyond neurobiology, an analysis of the impact of these discoveries not only on the sciences of education, psychology, medicine, but also on theology, marketing, economics ... An essential ethical reflection on the use we must make of this knowledge so as not to distort the foundations of our humanity and also our freedom.
Jacques Fricker
The New Guide to Successful Slimming
How is it possible to lose weight safely ? How can you be sure you wont regain it ? How can being slim and healthy be reconciled with the pleasure of food ? What about the numerous methods which claim to help you lose weight : diets, proteins, sport, medications, psychotherapies, courses of treatments, surgery ? As a result of his own experience, and the most recent scientific discoveries, Jacques Fricker gives you the means to successfully slim.
Daniel Sibony
In Search of Another Time
An original text, brilliant writing and thinking that shed light on both the experienced familiar and the most abstract theories on time.
Laurent Bayle
A Musical Life
More than 30 years of French cultural life, especially that of music, by a world-class participant. A series of portraits of French and international artists and intellectuals, at the heart of contemporary creation.