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The French Académie des Sciences, often defined as "Parliament of the learned world" is the forum for top-level exchanges between the best specialists in France, from every discipline in the sciences and technology.The Académie has all along been determined to maintain in its heart the great cultural traditions, and indeed the great symbols which have made its reputation stand out and ensured its national prestige, by holding regular meetings open to the public, where the burning problems of science are discussed, and by welcoming scientists from the world over. It will be seen from this account that, in the course of time, it has become a top-level institution serving as reference and acting as Advisory counsel, not only to assist our decision-makers, teachers and heads of industries in their choices and defining directions to take, but also to respond to the growing curiosity of the public before the rapid development of the Sciences.It also plays a key role in propagating the image of French science throughout the world, equally through its publications, symposia and the positions it takes on the social impact of research and technology.

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-1469-8_2

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