On the shoulders of giants | Havre
Event
This open-to-all event, designed to democratize science and disseminate knowledge, will take place in the heart of a popular university district, around an accessible and experiential program, made up of fun workshops, inspiring meetings, cross-views, cultural proposals with visionary speakers from all over France.
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This is an invitation.
An invitation to explore scientific knowledge.
An invitation to better understand the process and history of science.
An invitation to discover the careers of researchers past and present.
An invitation to take the time for curiosity, experimentation, discovery and demonstration.
Because our present is the result of a history.
Because it is always necessary to build on acquired knowledge to see further.
Because the formula evokes the very DNA of Le Havre, a city with strong past markers, strong in its history and resolutely innovative, bold and forward-looking.
"On the shoulders of giants", which takes up a beautiful image of scientific progress that reminds us that however far we may see and understand, it will always only be thanks to the progress of those who have gone before us, is in fact the name of this scientific culture event initiated by the City of Le Havre.
This open-to-all event, designed to democratize science and disseminate knowledge, will take place in the heart of a popular university district, around an accessible and experiential program of fun workshops, inspiring encounters, cross-views and cultural proposals with visionary speakers from all over France.
An opportunity to rekindle our desire and curiosity for science, its disciplines and its discoveries. In particular, by making basic scientific concepts more familiar to all of us.
The opportunity to understand the impact of science on our society on a daily basis.
The opportunity to shed light on the exceptional vocations and itineraries of men and women working tirelessly to improve our daily lives, in the service of the common good to solve the major challenges facing humanity.
Prendre de la hauteur, voir mieux, plus loin.
Sur les épaules des géants is a scientific event driven by the City of Le Havre and supported by the scientific institutions CNRS, CEA, Collège de France, CNES, Université Le Havre Normandie, CERN, Académie des sciences and Universciences. Its other partners are Le Havre Seine métropole, Haropa Port, the Normandy region, the department of Seine-Maritime, Le Figaro, Epsiloon, Numerama, the Conversation and France Culture.
The talks given by our academicians:
- Thursday, September 25 / 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Françoise Combes - "Is this how galaxies live?"
- Friday September 26
- 11:15 am : Cédric Villani - Cycle d'approfondissement
- 12:00 pm : Isabelle Chuine - "L'équilibre des forêts"
- 3:30 pm : Claude Jaupart - "L'équilibre précaire des continents"
- 19:15 pm : Cédric Villani - "The mathematical forms of equilibrium", followed by a discussion with Etienne Ghys
20:30: Signings Cédric Villani and Etienne Ghys
Saturday September 27
- 9:45: Claude Jaupart - "Dwarfs on the shoulders of giants"
"Once again this year, the Academy of Sciences is delighted to be an active participant
in the Sur les épaules des géants event organized by the City of Le Havre.
Over the course of three days, a number of academicians will be sharing their knowledge, discoveries and questions.From biodiversity to climate change, from volcanoes to galaxies, via the mathematical balances of the world, these meetings will be so many opportunities to show that science enlightens our understanding of reality, while feeding our imagination.
Science is not a reserved domain, it is a common good.