"When I joined the French Academy of Sciences, 6% of us were women": the committed career of astronomer Françoise Combes

The President of the French Academy of Sciences, together with Pauline Avenel-Lam (L'Oréal Foundation), will present the L'Oréal-Unesco Young Talent Award for Women in Science on Wednesday October 8. Her extraordinary career as an astrophysicist has much to inspire the prizewinners. Interview.