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AVEC L’ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES

2015

Conferences Intended for High School Students

Since 2006, high school students from Paris are invited by the Académie des Sciences on the occasion of the Fête de la Science

[Science Festival] to hear a conference held by one of its members. Given the success of these meetings, specially organized for the

pupils, the Académie and the Rectorat de Paris [National Education local Authority of Paris] have jointly decided to increase meeting

opportunities, with, from 2014, two additional conferences proposed during the Semaine des Mathématiques [Maths Week] and

Semaine du Développement Durable [Sustainable Development Week]. Each of these conferences gathers a little more than 150

high school students. Given the public for which they were prepared, these conferences, filmed and available for consultation on the

website of the Académie, are a useful collection of resources for a wide audience.

The Earth, Atmosphere, Oceans: New Challenges for the Mathematicians

The mathematical models used in

oceanography show that coastal geometry

has a global impact on marine currents. In

particular, they predict an intensification of the

western edge currents observed for example

off the coast of Florida. From a simplified

model, it was shown that mathematical

analysis allows such non local effects to be

captured.

A conference by Laure Saint-Raymond on the

occasion of the Semaine des Mathématiques

[Maths Week] (20 March 2015

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).

How to Live with No Fossil Fuel: The roles of Chemistry and Batteries

Following a description of the current

energy situation, its evolution and

its consequences for the planet,

issues related to the storage of

renewable energy were raised, and

the latest breakthroughs in the field

of electrochemical storage were

presented – which massively rely upon

chemistry – including Li-ion batteries,

in order to facilitate the deployment

of clean vehicles as well as network

applications.

A conference by Jean-Marie Tarascon on the occasion of the Semaine du Développement Durable

[Sustainable Development Week] (3 April 2015

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