ecology

The ecological footprint

L'empreinte écologique by Aurélien BOUTAUD and Natacha GONDRAN Edition La découverte, February 2018 A comprehensive look at the recent concept of ecological footprint, a tool and indicator now at the centre of debates on sustainable development. Is it possible to measure a nation's ecological sustainability in a clear and synthetic way? Is it

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rare metals

The Rare Metal War

La guerre des métaux rares - La face cachée de la transition énergétique et numérique, by Guillaume Pitron - Preface by Hubert Védrine Edition Les Liens qui libèrent, January 2018 - 296 Pages Energy transition, digital revolution, ecological change... Politicians, media, industrialists promise us in chorus a new world at last...

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books

The book smugglers of Daraya

Daraya's Book Smugglers - A Secret Library in Syria, by Delphine Minoui Seuil Edition, October 2017 - 160 Pages There is no prison that can lock up free speech. There is no blockade strong enough to prevent information from circulating. "Extract from the dissident's speech

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prolongation of life

Life extension: What challenges? What policies?

Life extension: What challenges? What policies? Under the direction of Anne-Marie Guillemard and Elena Mascova - Preface by Renaud Villard, Director of the CNAV Edition La découverte, December 2017 - 414 Pages From the crossroads of multidisciplinary approaches and in a perspective of international comparisons, this

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book

The carnivorous party

La Fête carnivore, by Catherine Véglio Lemieux éditeur, July 2017 - 238 Pages Catherine Véglio's first novel has just received the Prix de l'Académie de la Viande 2017, saluting "the vigour and insight with which the author describes a future world that would come to be cut off

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innovation

The art of innovation

L'art de l'innovation, by Jean-Christophe Messina and Cyril de Sousa-Cardoso Editions Eyrolles, November 2017 - 224 Pages Thomas Edison, Miles Davis, James Dyson ... 21 inspiring stories, 19 creative habits and 18 games of innovation that illustrate the art of sharing, openness and synergies between domains.

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ecology

The invention of nature

The Invention of Nature, by Andrea Wulf Les Editions Noir Sur Blanc, 18 October 2017 - 635 Pages Naturalist, geographer, explorer, Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is the great scientist of the Enlightenment. He gave his name to cities, rivers, mountain ranges, an American oceanic current

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Miguel Benasayag

The singularity of life

La singularité du vivant, by Miguel Benasayag Edition Le Pommier - Collection Manifeste, 24 October 2017 - 224 Pages From the fields of digital and molecular biology, we are told that the differences between the living and the machine, between artificial intelligence and animal intelligence, between life and the living, between the living and the dead, between artificial intelligence and animal intelligence, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between artificial intelligence and animal intelligence, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between artificial intelligence and animal intelligence, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between the living and the living, between the living and the living.

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Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse, Chatter: Misplaced interviews

Henri Matisse, les entretiens égarés - Souvenirs, réflexions et révélations d'un grand maître du XXème siècle - Propos recueillis par Pierre Courthion - Sous la direction de Serge Guilbaut Edition Skira, septembre 2017 - 272 Pages Matisse, a former student of Bouguereau and Moreau, is considered one of the major painters of the 20th century.

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nanotechnologies

The civilization of nanoproducts

La civilisation des nanoproduits, by Jean-Jacques Perrier Edition Belin, September 13, 2017 - 224 Pages The growing commercialization of products containing nanomaterials or "nano-objects" is of concern to us all in a more or less explicit way. The subject is picked up from time to time in the media, particularly with regard to

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