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French Academy of Science
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French Academy of Science Possible Sources
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Put a request in for Science under Control by Maurice Crosland

Pierre Varginon connection to French Academy of Science, and the institutional sources of analytical mechanics/Mathematics

cant link institutional documents because they run through the Library proxy which people cant access add manually

Academy Today
The French Academy of Science originally focused its development efforts into creating a true co-development Euro-African program beginning in 1997. Since then they have broadened their scope of action to other regions of the world. The standing committee COPED is in charge of the international development projects undertaken by the French Academy of Science and their associates. The current president of COPED is Pierre Auger, the vice president is Michel Delseny, and the honorary president is Francois Gros. All of which are current members of the French Academy of Science. COPED has hosted several workshops or colloquia in Paris, involving representatives from African academies, universities or Research centers, addressing a variety of themes and challenges dealing with African development and covering a large field spectrum. Specifically higher education in sciences, and research practices in basic and applied sciences that deal with various aspects relevant to development (renewable energy, infectious diseases, animal pathologies,food resources,access to safe water,agriculture,urban health,etc).

Current Committees and Working Parties
The Academic Standing Committees and Working Parties prepare the advice notes, policy statements and the Academic Reports. Some have a statutory remit, such as the Select Committee, the Committee for International Affairs and the Committee for Scientists' Rights, some are created ad hoc by the Academy and approved formally by vote in a Members only session.

Today the academies standing committees and working parties include:

- The Academic Standing Committee in charge of the Biennial Report on Science and Technology

- The Academic Standing Committee for Science, Ethics and Society

- The Academic Standing Committee for the Environment

- The Academic Standing Committee for Space Research

- The Academic Standing Committee for Science and Metrology

- The Academic Standing Committee for the Science History and Epistemology- The Academic Standing Committee for Science and Safety Issues

- The Academic Standing Committee for Science Education and Training

- The Academic Standing La main à la pâte Committee

- The Academic Standing Committee for the Defence of Scientists' Rights (CODHOS)

- The Academic Standing Committee for International Affairs (CORI)

- The French Committee for International Scientific Unions (COFUSI)

- The Academic Standing Committee for Scientific and Technological International Relations (CARIST)

- The Academic Standing Committee for Developing Countries (COPED)

- The Interacademic Group for Development (GID) - Cf. for further reading

- The Academic Standing Commission for Sealed Deposits

- The Academic Standing Committee for Terminology and Neologisms

- The Antoine Lavoisier Standing Committee

- The Academic Standing Committee for Prospects in Energy Procurement

- The Special Academic Working Party on Scientific Computing

- The Special Academic Working Party on Material Sciences and Engineering

History of the Academy
The academies control by the government was apparent in 1803, when Bonaparte decided on a general reorganization. His principal concern was not the First class but the Second, which included political scientists who were potential critics of his government. Bonaparte abolished the second class completely and, after a few expulsions, redistributed its remaining members, together with those of the Third class, into a new Second class concerned with literature and a new Third class devoted to the fine arts. Still this relationship between the Academy and the government wasn't a one way affair, as members expected to receive their payment of an honorarium.

The most direct involvement of the government in the affairs of the institute came in the initial nomination of members in 1795. But as the members nominated constituted only one third of the membership and most of these had previously been elected as members of the respective Academies under the old regime, few objections were raised. Moreover, these nominated members were then completely free to nominate the remaining members of the institute. Members expected to remain such for life, but interference occurred in a few cases where the government suddenly terminated membership for political reasons. The other main interference came when the government refused to accept the result of Academy elections.

P.S. I thought it might be cool to talk about the government interference the Academy faced especially during the Napoleonic era. My Crosland book just came in from the library, and it goes in depth on the topic. I'd like to know what you think about pursuing this topic please :)

Review by K8shep (talk) 18:51, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
1. What does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that described the subject in a clear way? You've got a lot of good work here so far! You've obviously found a good source for the section you've chosen to improve. Which section is that?

2. What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement? A lot of what you have here is pretty current--I wonder if there is older history you could look at? Something in the 19th or 20th century? There's a lot out there about this particular institution. Let me know if you need help finding it.

3. What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article? Go more historically. Good job so far!