Éric Brian is a historian of science and a sociologist. He studies the uncertainty and regularity of social phenomena, and in particular, how scientists have caught and conceived them as objects of mathematics or social and economic sciences. He is currently senior professor at EHESS (

École des hautes études en sciences sociales The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (, EHESS) is a graduate ''grande école'' and '' grand établissement'' in Paris focused on academic research in the social sciences. The school awards Master and PhD degrees alone and conj ...

, Paris, France). Since 1995, he has been the editor of the '' Revue de synthèse'' today published at

Brill Publishers Brill Academic Publishers () is a Dutch international academic publisher of books, academic journals, and Bibliographic database, databases founded in 1683, making it one of the oldest publishing houses in the Netherlands. Founded in the South ...

(Paris). Between 1997 and 2018, he taught at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

(Austria).

External links

Éric Brian's scientific information blog

Website of the ''Revue de synthèse''

Some publications

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''Le Calcul des probabilités à la portée de tous''], réédition avec Laurent Mazliak et Hugo Lavenant. Strasbourg, Presses universitaires de Strasbourg, 2019. *

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''De quelques formes primitives de classification'' (1903)]. Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 2017 (réédition).

(dir.) « Sociologie générale, éléments nouveaux », ''Revue de synthèse'', 133 (1), 2012.

(co-dir.) « Social Memory and Hyper Modernity », ''International Social Science Journal'' (Unesco), 62 (203–204), 2011.

''Comment tremble la main invisible. Incertitude et marchés'']. Paris, Springer Verlag, 2009.

''Critique de la valeur fondamentale''], codirigé avec Christian Walter. Paris, Springer Verlag, 2007.

''Le Sexisme de la première heure. Hasard et sociologie''], avec Marie Jaisson. Paris, Raisons d'agir, 2007.

''The Descent of Human Sex Ratio at Birth. A Dialogue between Mathematics, Biology and Sociology'', avec Marie Jaisson. Dordrecht, Springer Verlag, 2007. *

et coll.
''Le Point de vue du nombre (1936)''
codirigée avec Marie Jaisson. Paris, éditions de l'Ined, 2005. * Nicolas de Condorcet, Condorcet, ''Tableau historique de l'esprit humain. Projets, Esquisse, Fragments et Notes (1772-1794)'']

avec le groupe Condorcet sous la direction de Jean-Pierre Schandeler et Pierre Crépel. Paris, éditions de l'Ined, 2004.
''Règlement, usages et science dans la France de l'Absolutisme''
codirigé avec Christiane Demeulenaere-Douyère. Paris, éditions Technique & Documentation, 2002.
''Staatsvermessungen. Condorcet, Laplace, Turgot und das Denken der Verwaltung''
Wien, Springer Verlag, 2001.
''Histoire et mémoire de l'Académie des sciences. Guide de recherches''
codirigé avec Christiane Demeulenaere-Douyère. Paris, éditions Technique & Documentation, 1996.

(co-dir.) Henri Berr et la culture du XXe s. Histoire, science et philosophie, Revue de synthèse, 117 (1–2), 1996.
''La Mesure de l'État. Administrateurs et géomètres au XVIIIe siècle''
Paris, Albin Michel, 1994. {{DEFAULTSORT:Brian, Eric French sociologists 21st-century French historians Living people French male non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people)