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Michel Serres

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French philosopher and historian of science (1930–2019)

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Michel Serres (1930–2019) was a French male author. His published works include *Carte d'identité*, *La naissance du calcul différentiel*, *Hermes II*, *La distribution*, and *Andromaque, veuve noire*. He is recognized in the Academie Francaise collection.

According to Open Library records, Serres is associated with 61 works. Crossref data lists five works under his name. His bibliography includes titles such as *Carte d'identité* and *Hermes II*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
61

Top works

  • Carte d'identité
  • La naissance du calcul différentiel
  • Hermes II
  • La distribution
  • Andromaque, veuve noire

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1930-09-01
Active to
2019-06-01

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
35
Total plays
431

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Key facts

Born
( 1930-09-01 ) 1 September 1930, Agen , Lot-et-Garonne , France
Died
1 June 2019 (2019-06-01) (aged 88), Paris , France
Alma mater
École Navale , École Normale Supérieure , University of Paris
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Continental philosophy , French epistemology
Institutions
University of Paris I , Stanford University
Main interests
Epistemology , Philosophy of science
Notable ideas
Hermes (the messenger of the gods) as standing for the communication taking place between science and the arts

via Wikipedia infobox

~40 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Michel Serres (/sɛər/; French: [miʃɛl sɛʁ]; 1 September 1930 – 1 June 2019) was a French philosopher, and historian of science. Member of the Académie française and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, he published more than 70 authoritative works during his lifetime in the fields of anthropology of science and technology, the philosophy of communication and digital technologies, the philosophy of education, and the philosophy of ecology. Michel Serres's work is characterized by a transversal and interdisciplinary approach, connecting hard sciences and the humanities. He developed an original and innovative line of thought that has profoundly influenced contemporary philosophy.

Life and career

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michel Serres” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.