Jean Bricmont

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Jean Bricmont
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Jean Bricmont (2010)
Born (1952-04-12) 12 April 1952 (age 72)
Uccle, [1] Belgium
Citizenship Belgium
Scientific career
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]

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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]

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References

  1. Académie royale de Belgique
  2. Jean Bricmont Archived 12 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine page on Royal Academy of Belgium website.
  3. Bricmont, Jean (1 April 2001). "La mauvaise réputation de Noam Chomsky". Le Monde diplomatique (in French). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  4. "Qui sommes-nous ? / Afis Science - Association française pour l'information scientifique".
  5. Bricmont, Jean (November 2006). Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War. NYU Press. ISBN   978-1-58367-488-8.
  6. Johnstone, Diana (31 October 2002). "Monthly Review | Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War". Monthly Review. Retrieved 11 August 2020.