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?

André Brahic

Children of the Sun The History of Our Origins

In less than a century, scientists have acquired enough information to try to explain the origin of life, to realise that there may be other life forms in the universe, and to begin to understand the birth of our planet and its future. André Brahic writes about the planets, the stars and the universe without forgetting the role played by human beings – who are themselves made from solar atoms and are thus truly "children of the sun". André Brahic, an astronomer, is known for discovering the rings of Neptune.

André Brahic

Children of the Sun The History of Our Origins

Sylvie Vauclair

Dialogues With the Universe

A great scientist recounts astrophysics, clearly and accessibly