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Claude Hagège
On the Death and Life of Language
Claude Hagège is a recipient of the CNRS Gold Medal, and professor at the Collège de France.
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The French White Paper on Defence and National Security
Upon being elected President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy appointed a wide-ranging Commission to appraise France’s defence and security strategy.
Michel Morange
Life Explained
“Fifty years ago, Francis Crick and James D. Watson discovered the double-helix structure of DNA, the carrier of genetic information, the basis for heredity.[...]
Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, François Heisbourg
French Strategic and Military Yearbook 2002-2003
The advent of hyperterrorism on "9/11" and subsequent military operations have marked the return of strategic affairs as a core concern of the citizens of our countries.
Alain Berthoz
Simplexity Simplifying Principles for a Complex World
Simplexity, as I understand it, is the range of solutions living organisms have found, despite the complexity of natural processes, to enable the brain to prepare an action and plan for the consequences of it.
Didier Lombard
The Second Life of Networks
It has been 130 years since the telephone was invented, a little more than twenty for the internet and mobile phones. The weaving of an increasing number of telecommunications and information networks is coupled to an intertwining of social and human networks: we are in fact becoming... the networks.
Jean-Pierre Changeux
The Good, the True, and the Beautiful
"this book attempts to show that it is up to us to relentlessly inspire the minds of humans to invent a future that will enable humanity to attain a life of more solidarity, a happier life for and with each one of us [...] J. -P. C.
Pascal Lamy, Nicole Gnesotto
Strange New World Geoeconomics vs Geopolitics
A must-read for anyone interested in getting a firmer grasp on global and European affairs.
