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Pierre Bordage, Jean-Paul Demoule, Roland Lehoucq , Jean-Sébastien Steyer

Exquisite Planet

Adapting the form of an ‘Exquisite Corpse’ (a Surrealist technique in which collaborators draw in turn on a sheet of paper, fold it so that only a fragment remains visible, then pass it on to the next collaborator who improvises a new drawing), the four authors of this book have each described a possible planet and imagined the life forms that could have developed there, according to the laws of evolution.

Françoise Zonabend

The Nuclear Peninsula Three Mile Island, Tchernobyl, Fukushima... and after?

Twenty-five years after her first investigation, the author returns to the French nuclear site at La Hague — and finds it more dangerous than ever

Christian de Perthuis, Raphaël Trotignon

Climat, how much ? Climate Negotiations

Global warming: understanding, anticipating, taking action

Jean-Louis Dessalles, Cédric Gaucherel, Pierre-Henri Gouyon

The Thread of Life The Immaterial Side of Existence

A true revolution in the understanding of life, the thesis put forward here is based on the scientific concept of information, the operation of detection and reading carried out by every living being.

Serge Bahuchet

Nature’s Gardeners What kind of nature do we want?

A new view of the ties between man and nature. Covers a wide array of subjects, full of interesting details - a real pleasure to read

Jean Jouzel, Pierre Larrouturou

To avoid climate and financial chaos

America First! Donald Trump decided to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement. Europa First! We want Europe to be the first to prove “grandeur nature,” to show that not only is safeguarding the climate not an obstacle to social well-being, but that the struggle against climate deregulation is a powerful means to fight against unemployment and insecurity.

Frédéric Lasserre, Alexandre Brun

The Geopolitics of Water/Sharing Water Water – a source of conflicts

Water: a major geopolitical issue in the twenty-first century. Will it take “water wars” to impose an equitable distribution of resources?

Jacques Tassin

Think like a Tree

The French author who preceded Wohlleben and his best-seller, pursues his reflection. A small, light, yet profound book for thinking and living better.