With the Académie des Sciences in 2015

TRANSMITTING KNOWLEDGE

Moreover, the Comité d'Alembert is setting up the first critical and digital

edition of L'Encyclopédie, in collaborative mode, which will replace the

printed Series II. This is the ENCCRE project

, whose construction began in

2012 and will culminate in autumn 2017 with the launch of the dual interface:

aimed, on the one hand, at the general public and, on the other, at researchers.

Designed through an unparalleled dynamic process, this ambitious project should

contribute to the advancement of computer research, catalyzing the development

of new interfaces. It motivated several teams in France and Japan, and about a

hundred reviewers in all. The 75,000 articles and 2,000 plates of this gigantic work

have been digitized and are being exploited.

The Académie des Sciences and Key Opinion Informers

The Académie in the Media

In 2015, with over 3,000 releases all media

combined, the Académie des Sciences continued

building its reputation in the classical media and

initiated its presence in the social media. Its

members regularly received press coverage, and

so did the researchers awarded by the Académie

or taking part in its conferences. The latter were

widely announced in the press: "Gnomons et

cadrans solaires" in

Le Monde

and on

France 2

"La recherche du temps" in

Croix

Le Point

, "

L’évolution humaine, des gènes à la culture "in

Sciences et avenir

, etc.

In 2015, for the first time, the number of articles published on the internet (49% of the total number recorded) was higher than that

of print media articles (43%). The large amount of copy from the news agency

AFP

(

Agence France-Presse

) contributed to such

overtaking, and so did the many articles posted on national daily, weekly and monthly websites, as well as the creation, or growing

audience, of professional websites, whether mainstream or specialized. The radio (more than 5% of the notifications quoting the

institution) often gives the floor to the members of the Académie and pays tribute to those winning awards (May 2015 interview

France Culture

of Joël Lebowitz, 2014 Grande Médaille of the Académie). Television (2.4% of all releases), especially

France 3

Regions

, remains faithful to the solemn ceremonies of awards or those welcoming new members under the cupola of the Institute.