Joel De Rosnay

Interview

• "The Cybionte" (Parigi - European IT Forum, 09/05/95)

Biography

Director of Development and International Relations at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie at La Villette, Paris. Until 1970 he was a research scientist at M.I.T. (Massacchussets Institute of Tecnology) and scientific attaché to the French Embassy in the United States.

He was Scientific Director of the venture capital group, European Enterprises Development Company and from 1975 to 1985 Director of Research Applications at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. He has received many awards, including the Prix de l'Academie des Sciences Morales et Politiques,1975; Prix de l'Information scientifique de l'Academie des Sciences, 1990; and Prix Benjiamin Costant de la Société d'Encouragement de l'Industrie Nationale. He is Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur and Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite.

Bibliography

Among his published works:

• La plus belle histoire du monde (with H. Reeves, Y. Coppens, D. Simonnet), 1996.
• L'Homme symbiotique, Seuil, 1995.
• Les Rendez-vous du futur, Fayard,1991.
• L'Aventure du vivant, Seuil, 1988.
• L'Avenir en direct, Fayard, 1990.
• Le Macroscope Seuil, 1975 (Published in English as "The Macroscope", Harper and Row, 1997).