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Conference " Tolkien and the sciences " by Jean-Sébastien Steyer

17.04.2023

On May 12, Terra Botanica welcomes Jean-Sébastien Steyer, a renowned paleontologist.

Co-director of the book " Tolkien et les sciences", he will come to animate a conference around this scientific collection of the universe of Tolkien.
Thanks to 38 experts in archaeology, astrophysics, paleontology, economics, botany... the universe of this writer, creator of the world, becomes credible and realistic.

I attend the conference for free

Who is Jean-Sébastien Steyer?

Jean-Sébastien Steyer is a doctor in paleontology, researcher at the CNRS, Paleobiodiversity and Paleoenvironments, attached to the National Museum of Natural History

of Paris. In addition to having co-authored the book "Tokien et les sciences" he has published "La Terre avant les dinosaures" (2009), "Exquise planète" (2014), or "Demain, les animaux du futur" (2015).

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