Jean Bricmont
Jean Bricmont | |
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Citizenship | Belgium |
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Fields | Physics, Philosophy of Science |
Institutions | UCLouvain Rutgers University Princeton University |
Jean Bricmont (French: [bʁikmɔ̃]; born 12 April 1952) is a Belgian theoretical physicist and philosopher of science. Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain), he works on renormalization group and nonlinear differential equations. Since 2004, He is a member of the Division of Sciences of the Royal Academy of Belgium.[2]
Bricmont is a rationalist activist. He has criticized postmodernist views of science along with Alan Sokal, with whom he wrote Fashionable Nonsense (1997). He has also criticized imperialism and defended freedom of expression, adopting a position on the issue similar to that of Noam Chomsky.[3][non-primary source needed]
Jean Bricmont was president of the Association française pour l'information scientifique from 2001 to 2006.[4]
Books
- Impérialisme humanitaire (2005) published in English as Humanitarian Imperialism,[5] 2006 LCCN 2006-34221 ISBN 1-58367-147-1[6]
- Preface to L'Atlas alternatif – Frédéric Delorca (ed), Pantin, Temps des Cerises, 2006
- Raison contre pouvoir. Le pari de Pascal Jean Bricmont and Noam Chomsky, 5 November 2009
- La République des censeurs, L'Herne. 2014. ISBN 978-2851974570.
- Bricmont, Jean (2016). Making Sense of Quantum Mechanics. Springer. ISBN 978-3319258898. LCCN 2019757770.
- Bricmont, Jean (2017). Quantum Sense and Nonsense. Springer. ISBN 978-3319652719. LCCN 2019744992.
References
- ^ Académie royale de Belgique
- ^ Jean Bricmont Archived 12 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine page on Royal Academy of Belgium website.
- ^ Bricmont, Jean (1 April 2001). "La mauvaise réputation de Noam Chomsky". Le Monde diplomatique (in French). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Qui sommes-nous ? / Afis Science - Association française pour l'information scientifique".
- ^ Bricmont, Jean (November 2006). Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War. NYU Press. ISBN 978-1-58367-488-8.
- ^ Johnstone, Diana (31 October 2002). "Monthly Review | Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War". Monthly Review. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
- Profile at Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
- Emeritus Professor Jean Bricmont
- Prof. Jean Bricmont (archived version, before retirement)
- Jean Bricmont on Twitter
- Jean Bricmont at IMDb
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