Science has its place alongside literature in Nancy

This is the forty-fifth edition of the “Book of Place” in Nancy, in Merthe-et-Moselle. Three days until September 10 to meet writers and picture book creators and attend conferences. But it is also an opportunity to meet scholars and authors of works for the general public.

The literary season begins every year before…book on the scene“In Nancy at Meurthe-et-Moselle. Eminent pens and first-class personalities are the subject of all attention. Less known to some, their works are no less interesting and they are there too. Scholars who are authors of books.”science in the arena It is a joint initiative of public research partners in Lorain.

There are about twenty scientists. Among them is Myriam Durcombe, archaeologist, responsible for operations at the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (inrab) Grand-Est and specializes in urban contexts and funerals. She edited the work: “The Faubourg des Trois-Maisons in Nancy, Four Centuries of History and Archaeology.”

Henry Louis Joe is a professor atUniversity of Lorain He is a member of the Inter-university Education and Communication Sciences Laboratory (Lisec). He is the author of Rebuilding School – Adventures in the Shape of Schooling (Idol). It also exists.

Jessica Flahaut is a researcher CNRS Petrographic and Geochemical Research Center (CRPG) from Nancy. He specializes in the geology of Mars and the Moon, and his work focuses on studying data returned by orbiting probes. Draws a map of the preferred areas for landing on the Moon or Mars. She even recently learned to fly a robot that was supposed to land on the moon, but its transport module broke. She co-wrote with Nicholas Beck and Sylvain Breton her first work on the Red Planet intended for the general public. “En avant Mars” (Edp Sciences Editions)

The work is a mine of scientific information about the planet Mars. Fun and practical, you can benefit from it or find answers to all the questions you ask yourself about Mars. Each chapter is independent and illustrated with photos, drawings, and even videos using QR codes. It’s a bit like all Mars in your pocket.

Francis Martin is Director of Research Emeritus INRAE. He is also a great storyteller about this world that is almost invisible to our eyes, the world of interactions between trees and microorganisms. With more than 350 scientific publications in journals such as Nature and Science, he is one of the world’s foremost forest specialists. This year he published The Very Interconnected Forest (La Salamandre).

“I have been working in the tree and mushroom community for over 40 years. The Extremely Connected Forest is an alphabet book, a passport to help you discover 1,000 of the forest’s mysteries. You will understand how trees live, how trees communicate, and how they interact with the mysterious world of microbes and fungi. They are overly interconnected.“

Katya Astafiev is a biologist by training, science communicator and avid traveler, and Deputy Director of the Botanical Gardens of Greater Nancy and the University of Lorraine. She publishes works promoting plant life in the form of a humorous investigation. In her latest work, Plants Make Their Cinema (Donwood), she explores about a dozen more or less cult films to tell stories about plants. Killer plants, magical plants or pretty living room plants all make their star. She also recently shared a children’s book:Carnivorous plants hit the mark“.

24 authors and scholars in all of this 2023 edition. Some come from neighboring regions such as Burgundy. Science books tell true stories. It can also take you very far, to the infinitely large, and even to the infinitely small.