nature and art

The tree in the painting

L'arbre dans la peinture, by Zenon Mezinski Edition Citadelles & Mazenod, September 2018 - 192 Pages This visual history shows the construction and development of a motif that becomes a subject in its own right in Western painting. Whether it is solitary or surrounded by fellow creatures, garnished or bare,

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bioethics

The new territories of bioethics

Les nouveaux territoires de la bioéthique - Traité de bioéthique IV - Sous la direction d'Emmanuel et François Hirsch Edition Erès, 22 November 2018 - 618 Pages The États généraux de la bioéthique opened on 18 January 2018. "What kind of world do we want for tomorrow? "It is on

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artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence or the challenge of the century

L'intelligence artificielle ou l'enjeu du siècle : Anatomie d'un antihumanisme radical, by Eric Sadin Edition L'Echappée (Collection Pour en finir avec), 19 October 2018 - 296 Pages C'est l'obsession de l'époque. Businesses, politicians, researchers ... swear by it because it suggests unlimited economic prospects and the emergence of a radical anti-humanism.

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psychiatry

Psychiatry: the state of emergency

Psychiatry: a state of emergency, by Marion Leboyer and Pierre-Michel Llorca Edition Fayard, 17 September 2018 - 432 Pages Psychiatric disorders affect 12 million French people every year. It suffices to list the names of the pathologies concerned: depression, bipolar disorders, autism, schizophrenia, to realize that they concern us all,

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book

Bullshit Jobs

Bullshit Jobs, by David Graeber Edition The Ties that Free, September 2018 - 404 Pages While technological progress has always been seen as the horizon of work liberation, our modern society relies heavily on the alienation of the majority of office workers. Many are driven to

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feed the planet

Feeding the planet

Nourrir la planète, by Louis Albert de Broglie - Preface by Pierre Rabhi Edition Hoëbeke, collection Deyrolle pour l'avenir - September 2018 - 112 Pages At a time when ecology is a major concern, our food and our health are at the heart of the debate. What do we really know about the content of our

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modern technology

Function or exist?

Fonctionner ou exister? by Miguel Benasayag Edition Le Pommier / Essays and documents, 17 October 2018 - 240 Pages Stop missing out on our lives! But what is going on in our Western societies for the Ancients of yesteryear to have become "old", to whom

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pesticides

We want poppies

Nous voulons des coquelicots, by Fabrice Nicolino and François Veillerette Edition Les liens qui libèrent, September 2018 - 128 pages A manifesto event! "We want poppies" is first and foremost the appeal against pesticides launched in "Charlie Hebdo", where a hundred or so personalities - scientists, artists,

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alive

The urgency of life

The urgency of the living: Towards a new economy, by Dorothée Browaeys Edition François Bourin, September 2018 - 280 Pages In our accelerating world, the living are in danger. Species collapse, climate change, pollution... How can we stop the destruction of our living environments? The urgency is pushing us to get out

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durable development

Change of era, like nothing

Changer d'ère, l'air de rien by Valère Corréard Edition Rue de l'échiquier, May 2018 - 224 Pages This book is the first practical guide for the general public, showing how to change our habits and make a successful transition. Within everyone's reach, encouraging to take action with self-mockery and complicity,

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landscaping

The gardener's colour chart

Le nuancier du jardinier, by Alexandra Torossian and Morgane Ilin Edition Ulmer - 3 May 2018 - 160 Pages Because a plant that appeared red on a photo blossomed orange and the colour combinations they imagined were sometimes disappointing, Alexandra Torossian and Morgane Ilin, landscape gardeners, equipped with a camera, were able to create a colour chart of the gardener's colour chart.

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plant intelligence

The intelligence of plants

L'intelligence des plantes, by Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola Edition Albin Michel, April 2018 - 240 Pages Are plants intelligent? Yes, and much more than we could imagine, answers Stefano Mancuso. A world-renowned scientist and founder of plant neurobiology, he is the first to have

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book Cuba l'medical odyssey

Cuba, the Medical Odyssey

Cuba, l'Odyssée médicale de Jean-Jacques Seymour Edition Owen publishing, October 2017 - 182 Pages Through the pages of this book, Jean-Jacques Seymour reveals the fruit of his research. Fascinated by the history of Cuba, he lingers on a little-treated subject: Cuban medicine. Like this island,

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