Biography:Évariste Sanchez-Palencia

Évariste Sanchez-Palencia (born 1941 in Madrid), is a French researcher in theoretical mechanics, applied mathematics and epistemology, Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS. He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences since 12 November 2001. He is also a member of the board of the union rationalist.

Distinction and prizes

• 1981, CNRS Silver Medal (Physics for Engineers)
• 1987, Elected Corresponding Member of the French Academy of Sciences (Division of Mechanical Sciences).
• 1995, Award French Institute of Petroleum, awarded by the French Academy of Sciences.
• 2001, elected Full Member of the French Academy of Sciences.

Bibliography

In mechanics and mathematics

• Non homogeneous media and vibration theory, "Lecture notes in Physics" 127, Springer, Berlin, 398 pages, 1980; translated in Russian, MIR 1984.”
• with D. Leguillon, Computation of singular solutions in elliptic problems and elasticity, Éditions Masson - John Wiley, Paris - New York, 200 pages, 1987
• with J. Sanchez-Hubert, Vibration and coupling of continuous systems. Asymptotic methods, Springer, Berlin, 421 pages, 1989
• with J. Sanchez-Hubert, Introduction aux méthodes asymptotiques et à l'homogénéisation. Application à la Mécanique des milieux continus, Éditions Masson, Paris (pour la Maîtrise, dirigée par P. G. Paris (1992), 266 pages
• with Sanchez-Hubert, Coques élastiques minces: Propriétés asymptotiques, Éditions Masson, Paris,. (1997), 376 pages.
• with O. Millet and F. Béchet Singular problems in shell theory. Computing and asymptotics, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 265 pages (2010)

In epistemology and history of sciences

• Promenade dialectique dans les sciences, Hermann, 476 pages, 2012. (ISBN:978-2705682729), translated in Spanish, Ed.univ.Cantabria 2015 ; translated in Italian, UNICOPLI 2018.
• Several contributions in Science et culture. Repéres pour une culture scientifique commune Edited by J. Haissinski and H. Langevin-Joliot, Apogée/Espace des sciences, Rennes (2015)

Main research topics

(1970-1985) Homogenization method for continuous media with fine structure. (1985-2010) Asymptotic study and numerical computation of very thin elastic shells. (From 2005) epistemology, along the axes: -Essentially approximate nature and evolution of scientific knowledge. -Dynamical systems theory provides an intelligible basis to dialectic movement of nature (dynamic interaction, constructive aspects of evolution, etc.)

References

• (in French) in l'académie des sciences