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Étienne Ghys

Snowflakes: A Wonder of Nature

An introduction to the science of crystals within the reach of non-specialists, with a very clear introduction to the physical and mathematical aspects of the subject.

Sylvie Vauclair

The New Symphony of the Stars

A very accessible book written by an astrophysicist who deals with the questions and concerns of modern humans.

Jean Becchio, Bruno Suarez

What is New in Hypnosis From Hypnosis to Consciousness Activation

A subject that arouses very broad interest, approached here without the usual esoteric or spiritualist connotations, backed by the most recent advances in the neurosciences, and with very illuminating clinical cases.

Mathias Pessiglione

The Brain Has Its Reasons Which Reason Doesn’t Know

Momo Sapiens, or the brain caught in flagrante delicto of irrationality

Alain Bentolila

We Are Not Bonobos: I Talk, Therefore I Am

The conquest of language and writing against the chaos of the world and all its forms of manipulation

Stéphane Mazevet

Exoplanets and Life in the Universe In Search of Our Origins]

The tale of the great advances of the last half-century up to the discovery of extrasolar planets.

Pascale Cossart, Fabrice Hyber

The Great Voyage among Microbes

A wonderful introduction to microbiology by an eminent scientist. A richly illustrated work by Fabrice Hybert, very instructive.

Marc Daëron

Life With Others A Look at Immunity

A critical look at what we think we know about the immune system

Antonio R. Damasio

Feeling & Knowing Making Minds Conscious

This book brings together the most recent discoveries in the cognitive sciences, neurobiology, psychology, and other fields, while adding the philosophical dimension dear to Antonio Damasio.

Alexandre Meinesz

Protecting Marine Biodiversity

A new approach to the threat of pollution in the Mediterranean by an expert in Mediterranean marine life.

Anouk Grinberg

The Actor, the Game, and the “I”

The activity of an actor viewed from the wings, told from the inside by one of the greatest French actresses.

Stanislas Dehaene

Conquering the Brain

This book brings together exceptionally beautiful images (close to 100 [voir ci-dessus]), all full color, and the most current knowledge of the brain from research throughout the world.

Jacques Tassin

I Believe in Trees

A text that translates the sensory experience of an encounter with a tree and renders understandable the importance of its presence and the invisible interaction that connects us to it.

Fabrice Delaye

The Messenger RNA Revolution Vaccines and New Therapies

Messenger RNA, or the revenge of the outsiders: 40 researchers and entrepreneurs tell of the prodigious discoveries of the last few decades, their current development, and their immediate future.

Lluis Quintana-Murci

The Human People On the genetic traces of migrations, crossbreeding and adaptations

A fascinating overview of what we have learned from genomics, after two decades of amazing progress: an unprecedented leap forward in our knowledge of human diversity and its history.

Bruno Millet-Ilharreguy

Disorders of the Emotional Brain Understanding, Preventing, Healing

Emotion at the heart of psychiatric disease and its treatment.

Pierre Lemarquis

The Benefits of Music for the Brains of Children and Adults

Music shapes and caresses our brain, it contributes to the development of individuals, to learning, to care, at every age in life.

David Elbaz

The Greatest Trick of Light

The universe follows a direction, and that direction does not go toward ever more disorder, as is sometimes suggested.

Coralie Chevallier, Mathieu Perona

Homo sapiens In the Public Arena How to Adapt Public Policies to Human Psychology

Finding solutions to the problems citizens are confronted with requires taking into account our complex cognitive functioning as Homo sapiens. An original an innovative book.

Steven Laureys

Meditation Exercises to Improve Your Brain

A range of meditation exercises carefully guided by the great neurologist Steven Laureys, enabling a practical implementation, whose duration and level can be adapted.

The Shift Project

Crisis, Climate How to Transform the French Economy

The Shift Project, a think tank created by Jean-Marc Jancovici in 2010, aims to clarify and influence the debate on energy transition.

Olivier Hamant

The Third Path of the Living

To confront the ongoing climate of environmental and civilizational catastrophe, the life sciences offer us an alternative to the cult of performance that has been elevated to a dogma. A counter-model inspired by biology...

Daniel Nahon

Gaia’s March From Stone to Humans

The history of the Earth and its land by one of the foremost specialists. It is also, of course, a history of life, climates, a very timely reflection on the exploitation of the Earth and its resources.

Barbara Demeneix

How Fossil Fuels Are Destroying our Health, the Climate and Biodiversity

Based on the most recent scientific studies, this book shows the interdependence between the climate, biodiversity and our health. It will give food for thought to environmentalists

Alain Connes, Patrick Gautier-Lafaye

In the Shadow of Grothendieck and Lacan An overview of the unconscious

An original insight into the links between the work of a psychoanalyst fascinated by mathematics and a mathematical genius fascinated by the mind.

Olivier Houdé

Paul Valéry, In Love with his Brain Curious about everything, especially himself

The work of Valéry seen through the prism of neuroscience today… Fascinating.

Albert Costa

The Bilingual Brain

A fascinating book on what has often been a controversial topic; a lively summary of the state of the art.

Anne Nédélec

The Earth and Life: A 4 billion Year History

The evolution of the Earth and life over 4 billion years.

Serge Abiteboul, Jean Cattan

We Are Social Media

There is another, more democratic and participative way to regulate social media and break away from GAFAM: social media is what we make it.

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?

Lionel Naccache

An Apologia for Discretion What does it mean to be part of the universe in the 21st century?

In the great tradition of essays, the author draws on cognitive neuroscience and neurology, mathematics, physics, biology, philosophy, psychoanalysis, Judaism and literature.

Alain Berthoz, Fabienne Verdier

Thought in Action A Painting Session Between Art and Science

An original discussion around the artistic process, combining philosophy and history of art, brain physiology and mathematics.