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Robotics: Hephaestus does it again
Inaugural lecture delivered on Thursday 19 January 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2013
It was when I was preparing this lecture that I discovered that roboticists had a god: Hephaestus. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was a talented craftsman. Enamoured with Athena, he attempted to woo her, in vain. The goddess of knowledge withstood the advances of the god of doing. Robotics stems from...
by Jacques Attali
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1981
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1981
Voici aujourd'hui l'état de la théorie des modèles politiques. Le lecteur sera sans doute un peu déçu par le caractère généralement sommaire, parfois même naïf, maintes fois souligné tout au long de ce livre, de certains modèles ou de certaines analyses. Nous espérons seulement qu'il...
Refocusing Central Asia
Inaugural Lecture delivered on Thursday 7 November 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
The notion of Central Asia emerged at a late stage, replacing that of “Tartary”, often associated with the Mongol Terror, in 1825 only. Two twentieth-century archaeological currents profoundly contributed to the revival of studies on this region: the French school led by the Délégation archéologique...
Energy: Electrochemical Storage and Sustainable Development
Inaugural Lecture delivered on Thursday 9 December 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
The storage and conversion of energy is one of the major scientific challenges of the decades to come, with high stakes for the environment. What new materials will allow for more efficient and “cleaner” batteries to be developed? Jean-Marie Tarascon reviews these issues and their implications...
Managing Climate Change. Climate, Growth and Equitable Development
Inaugural lecture delivered on Thursday 4 February 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
Climate change has been the source of immense challenges for ethical, economic or political analysts. We are aware of the scale of the action required to be taken and the areas in which that action is needed namely efficient energy use, low carbon technologies or deforestation. We have an idea of...
by Cecilia La France
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Pick-me-up, a young adult problem novel, tells a heroic story of Katelyn fighting back against the dysfunctions of her family and her friends. While she tries to live in the right, Katelyn falls into her own problems when she hooks up with a boy full of trouble and his own addictions. This rural-Iowa...
by Christiane France, KC Kendricks
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Ryan James’ job as a professional escort is the perfect mix of challenge and satisfaction. He’s handsome and charming, and the constant variety ensures he’s never bored. One day he’s attending a special exhibition at the River Street Art Gallery with a political wannabe who has trouble holding...
by Christiane France
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
A year ago, all private investigator Gabe Muller needed to complete his perfect life was the perfect man. Then he met fellow P.I., Raz Reynolds, the man of his dreams. The attraction was mutual, and they made a date for dinner at Raz’s house. But when Gabe arrived, he found Raz on the patio with...
Anthropology of Nature
Inaugural lecture delivered on Thursday 2 March 2001
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
It looks as though the anthropology of nature is an oxymoron of sorts, given that for the past few centuries, nature has been characterized in the West by humans’ absence, and humans, by their capacity to overcome what is natural in them. But nature does not exist as a sphere of autonomous realities...
Aux origines de l'histoire globale
Leçon inaugurale prononcée le jeudi 28 novembre 2013
Language: French
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Qui pense le monde ? Les hommes du passé ou les historiens du présent ? L’histoire universelle telle qu’elle était pratiquée depuis l’Antiquité s’est transformée à partir du XVIe siècle dans des contextes variés, de l’Asie orientale à l’Amérique espagnole. Grâce à sa connaissance...
Contes et légendes étiologiques dans l'espace européen
Essai littéraire
Language: French
Release Date: May 13, 2015
Cet essai littéraire permettra de mieux comprendre l'origine de certains contes étiologiques européensLe conte étiologique ou explicatif est appelé à fournir une réponse aux questionnements sur l’ordre des choses, l’origine des espèces, leurs particularités, etc. Dans l’absolu, le corpus...
La protohistoire de l'Europe
Le Néolithique et le Chalcolithique entre la Méditerranée et la mer Baltique
Language: French
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Cet essai retrace une image cohérente de l’histoire de l’âge de la Pierre récent. Les auteurs se sont efforcés de résoudre des questions concrètes, sans chercher à construire de modèles théoriques.
by Jean-François Pépin, Florence Braunstein
Language: French
Release Date: February 26, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: February 26, 2014
Voici une énigme typiquement française : la culture générale, définie comme l’ensemble de connaissances générales sur la littérature, l’histoire, la philosophie, les sciences et les arts, que nous devons posséder au sortir de l’adolescence. L’idée était d’apprendre à penser par...
by Jean-Louis Senon
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1998
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1998
Nées dans le sillage de la Révolution française, psychiatrie et prison ont connu des évolutions parallèles, souvent divergentes, qui ont longtemps fait du cloisonnement entre psychiatrie, justice et prison une caractéristique du fonctionnement médico-légal français. Depuis la loi du 18 janvier...