Public sessions, civic culture

The unprecedented technological rise the world has been experiencing since the middle of the last century has made more complex society's relations to science: innovation seduces but inspires fear, ethical questioning is now involved in every process of scientific research. In such a context, the Académie des Sciences invites the broad, enlightened public to conferences presented by the great figures of science, aimed at providing topical knowledge on major science themes bearing strong societal repercussions.