André LANGEVIN (1901-1977), was the second son of Paul Langevin and his wife Jeanne Desfosses. He was a student of physics at the École Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielle where he became head of works in applied electricity in 1938. He was married to Luce Dubus, physicist, and communist activist, who assisted in writing this biography. He published on piezoelectricity and petrography, completing his doctorate in 1942. During the post-war period he was active in the National Union of Scientific Researchers and the National Education Federation. The biography of his father was written after his retirement in 1965.
André Langevin est célèbre avant tout comme romancier, auteur d’œuvres aussi marquantes que « Poussière sur la ville » (1953), « L’Élan d’Amérique » (1972) ou « Une chaîne dans le parc » (1974). Mais André Langevin fut aussi un grand journaliste et chroniqueur, signataire – entre...
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