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3 Chorizo tweet  





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Étienne Klein






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Étienne Klein
Born (1958-04-01) 1 April 1958 (age 66)
Paris, France
Alma materÉcole Centrale Paris
Era20th-/21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy

Étienne Klein (French: [klɛ̃]; born 1958) is a French physicist and philosopher of science, born in 1958. A graduate of École Centrale Paris, he holds a DEA (Master of Advanced Studies) in theoretical physics, as well as a Ph.D. in philosophy of science and an accreditation to supervise research (HDR).

Profile[edit]

Étienne Klein is a Research director at the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA).[1] He is currently head of the Laboratoire des Recherches sur les Sciences de la Matière (LARSIM), a research laboratory belonging to the CEA and located in Saclay near Paris.[2] He took part in several major projects, such as the adjustment of a method of isotopic separation involving the use of lasers, and the study of a particle accelerator with superconducting cavities. At CERN he was involved in the design of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).[3]

He taught quantum physics and particle physics at Centrale Paris for several years and currently teaches philosophy of science.[4] He is a specialist in the question of time in physics and has written a number of essays on the subject. He is also a member of the Conseil d'analyse de la société, of the conseil scientifique de la Cité des Sciences, of the Conseil de l'Office parlementaire d'évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques (OPECST), of the French Academy of Technologies and of the Conseil d'Orientation de l'Institut Diderot.[1] Every Thursday morning he presents a radio chronicle, Le Monde selon Étienne Klein, as well as La Conversation scientifique every Saturday afternoon, on the French public station France Culture.[5][6]

Étienne Klein practises mountain-climbing[7] and other endurance sports.[8]

Plagiarism affair[edit]

In December 2016, Science magazine, a publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, reported that Popular French physicist Étienne Klein was responsible of a plagiarism, his work was said to be plagiarizing the novelist Stefan Zweig and other authors.[9]

Chorizo tweet[edit]

On July 22, 2022, Klein tweeted a photo that he presented as an image of Proxima Centuri, the closest star to our solar system, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. A few days later, he revealed that the photo was actually of a slice of chorizo against a black background. He described his tweet as a "form of amusement" and urged his 92,000 Twitter followers to "be wary of arguments from authority".[10]

Distinctions and awards[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

Filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  • ^ « Carte blanche à Étienne Klein », Futura-Sciences
  • ^ « Cours d'Étienne Klein en vidéo »
  • ^ « Le Monde selon Étienne Klein, 2012-2013 »
  • ^ "La Conversation scientifique : Podcast et réécoute sur France Culture".
  • ^ « Étienne Klein, libido sciendi, Portrait d'Étienne Klein diffusé sur universcience.tv du 22/01 au 25/02/2010.. »
  • ^ Résultats de l’Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (cherchez Klein et non pas Étienne Klein)
  • ^ "Popular French physicist accused of plagiarizing colleagues and famous writers". 2016-12-07.
  • ^ Alund, Natalie Neysa (August 5, 2022). "Spanish meat or space star? Scientist's tweet shot of 'distant star' is actually slice of chorizo". USA Today. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  • ^ Les prix de la SFP
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