Bernard Derrida (; born 1952) is a French
theoretical physicist
A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...
. He is best known for his work in
statistical mechanics
In physics, statistical mechanics is a mathematical framework that applies statistical methods and probability theory to large assemblies of microscopic entities. Sometimes called statistical physics or statistical thermodynamics, its applicati ...
, and is the eponym of ''Derrida plots'', an analytical technique for characterising differences between
Boolean networks.
Biography
Derrida entered the
École Normale Supérieure
École or Ecole may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing i ...
in 1971, and received his doctorate in 1976. Since 1993 he has been professor of physics at
Université Pierre et Marie Curie and at ENS. He is an expert in statistical mechanics who has adapted statistical-physics ideas to various problems in biology.
He was elected, in 2004 to the
Académie des sciences.
In 2010, Derrida was awarded the
Boltzmann Medal by
IUPAP with
John Cardy.
Awarded the
Ampère Prize in 2001.
He is philosopher
Jacques Derrida's cousin.
References
External links
Personal page
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Living people
French physicists
Members of the French Academy of Sciences
Year of birth missing (living people)
Recipients of the Boltzmann Medal