Alain Prochiantz

Darwin: 200 Years

More than an homage to a great scientist, this book, written by eminent specialists, is a perfect introduction to understanding the impact of Darwinism on contemporary thinking and science

Pierre Corvol, Jean-Luc Elghozi

Coming Out of the Water From Aquatic Life to Land Life

An in-depth study of a crucial evolutionary phase, written by eminent specialists

Alain Touraine

Speech and Blood Politics and Society in Latin America

Samantha Besson

Inventing Europe Collège de France Autumn Colloquium 2021

This book was published under the direction of Samantha Besson, current occupant of the International Institutional Law Chair at the Collège de France

Jean-Pierre Vernant, Françoise Frontisi-Ducroux

In the Eye of the Mirror

How do the Greeks think of themselves ? Why do mirrors rarely reflect the true image of the person that looks into them ? And what image are they trying to project on others ? Formulated from an abundance of literature, iconography, and archeology, this book discusses the beginning foundations of individual representation. It is primarily a study of realities and appearances in an interpersonal society where social and personal status are dependant on how one is viewed and received in society. Secondly, the book analyses sexual identity and what it was in ancient Greece, through the study of a universal symbol, the mirror. Jean-Pierre Vernant and Françoise Frontisi-Ducroux teach at the College of France.

Jonathan Laurence, Justin Vaïsse

Integrating Islam Political and Religious Challenges in Contemporary France

Leon Lederman, Dick Teresi

The God Particle If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?

Dava Sobel

Galileo’s Daughter

This is a most unusual biography about Galileo’s daughter. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was regarded by Albert Einstein not only as the father of modern physics but as the father of all modern science. His eldest child, Virginia, mirrored Galileo’s own brilliance, industry and sensibility, and by virtue of these qualities became his confidante. Their correspondence, reproduced throughout the book, reveals their intense relationship, based on tender attachment and intellectual stimulation. The little-known life of Maria Celeste gives a human dimension to one of the major seventeenth-century scientists. His struggle with the Church is a lasting symbol of the conflict between science and religion. Galileo’s Daughter offers a powerful account of papal Rome and of Florentine intellectual life during the time of the Medicis. Dava Sobel is a writer who lives in New York