Géopolitique du basculement : le système Monde face au système TerreL’inadéquation entre un système international mondialisé, extractiviste et le système Terre conduit à des risques en cascade, systémiques, existentiels, induits par la mondialisation et les interdépendances structurantes. Le dépassement de certaines limites préfigure le déclenchement de chocs, de crises et de soubresauts du système international et pourrait entraîner une redéfinition par certains a...

For much of the twentieth century scientists sought to explain objects and processes by reducing them to their components—nuclei into protons and neutrons, proteins into amino acids, and so on—but over the past forty years there has been a marked turn toward explaining phenomena by building them up rather than breaking them down. This collection reflects on the history and significance of this turn toward “growing explanations” from the bottom up. The essays show how this strategy—based on...

This book focuses on some of the major developments in the history of contemporary (19th and 20th century) mathematics as seen in the broader context of the development of science and culture. Avoiding technicalities, it displays the breadth of contrasting images of mathematics favoured by different countries, schools and historical movements, showing how the conception and practice of mathematics changed over time depending on the cultural and national context. Thus it provides an origina...