Etienne
Klein
Étienne Klein is a philosopher of science and a research director at the CEA.
He is a member of the French Academy of Technologies and a professor at CentraleSupélec.
In 2007, he founded and now heads the Laboratory for Research in Materials Science, based at the CEA in Saclay.
He is the producer of the programme ‘La conversation scientifique’, broadcast every Saturday on France Culture.
His recent publications include:
- Physical Transports, Gallimard, 2025.
- The Gaping Eternity, Futuropolis, 2024.
- Short Circuits, Gallimard, 2023.
- Genius Ideas, Champ-Flammarion, 2021.
Director of the Materials Science Research Laboratory at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
