Knowledge cruises have passed through the Serenissima. KNOW. Is it a coincidence? For our sixth (already!) Knowledge Cruise, we sailed in the Adriatic, a high place of civilization, leaving from a very special port, Trieste. In this unique Italian city, the influences of Central Europe, the former Austro-Hungarian empire and nearby Slovenia continue to be felt. But it happens above all that it is internationally known as... City of Sciences, frequented in particular by specialists in theoretical physics, at the Abdus Salam Institute, named after the famous Nobel Prize winner. A good start! All the territories frequented for a week by the Knowledge Cruise of Sciences et Avenir are emblematic of what has been bequeathed to us over the ages, treasures of knowledge and know-how of which we have been able to make some prosper, but perhaps forgot many others. Specifically, "What Lost Civilizations Knew" was the theme of our conferences, a subject that opens our imagination wide. What to dream on the high seas, eyes and ears open! And which gave us the opportunity to share in friendship the knowledge of prestigious scholars. As with each Knowledge Cruise, Yves Coppens, professor at the Collège de France, expert and admirer of the tremendous human inventiveness that has manifested itself over the millions of years of which we are the product, had gathered for us a prestigious platter:we deciphered the sky of Antiquity with the astrophysicist Marc Lachièze-Rey and the archaeologist Jean-Paul Demoule, told us about the creativity of Man, in particular in the Neolithic period, born of the observation of nature, sky and its congeners. Extensive excerpts from their on-board speeches will soon be posted on the Sciences et Avenir website. But, for now, we invite you to watch the presentation video of this 6th Knowledge Cruise below.
Yves Coppens on the "Chinese cradle" of humanity
The megaliths of Morbihan are UNESCO World Heritage sites:a project led by Yves Coppens
Should we fear a collapse of our civilization? Yves Coppens and Jean-Paul Demoule react
A brief account of the Neolithic period by Jean-Paul Demoule
Babylon, Newton and Kepler:A History of Astronomy by Marc Lachièze-Rey
Animated report of the Knowledge Cruise by Olivier Lascar