Étienne Klein

Étienne Klein
Born (1958-04-01) 1 April 1958
Paris, France
Alma mater École Centrale Paris
Era 20th- / 21st-century philosophy
Region Western Philosophy

Étienne Klein (French: [klɛ̃]; born 1958) is a French physicist and philosopher of science, born in 1958. He was a student at Centrale Paris and 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).

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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 Etienne 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]

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