Articles – Books – Talks

Discover and download (if so wished) the publications’ lists of Pierre Léna, organized by themes. Just clic on the relevant theme :  

Astrophysics–  Reviewed articles

Astrophysics – GRAVITY Collaboration (2017-2026) on the Very Large Telescope VLT – Reviewed articles.                                                                                                                Given the size of this large collaboration, where Pierre Léna’s role was limited to its early steps, the scientific production of Gravity is separetely presented here.           

Astrophysics –Books

Astrophysics – Invited talks (limited to years 2000-2025)

Science, Society, Education Books

Education – Articles & Contributions (limited to years 2000-2025)

Science & societyArticles (limited to years 1990-2026)

Forewords of books

 

RECENT BOOKS :

2024. Léna, P. & Grataloup, C. Atlas historique du ciel (with Hespel L., Pajot P. & Légendes Cartographie). Les Arènes, Paris. [2025. Translated in Dutch : Historische atlas van het heelal, Nieuw Amsterdam. In italian : Atlante storico del cielo. L’ippocampo]. In press, translations in German (Beck), English (Thames & Hudson, London), Chinese (SSTE, Shanghai), Japanese (Nikkei National Geographic), Polish (Sonia Draga), Russian (AST)].  

2023. Léna, P. & Koutchmy, S. Soleils éclipsés. Supersonique Concorde 001, couronne solaire et exoplanètes. EDPsciences. [2025. Eclipsed Suns, the solar Corona and Exoplanets. From Concorde 001 to Telescopes in Space , Springer]

2019. Léna, P. Une Histoire de flou. Miroirs, trous noirs et autres mondes. Le Pommier, Paris. [2020. Astronomy’s Quest for Sharp Images. From Blurred Pictures to the Very Large Telescope. Springer].

2015. Harlen, W. Idées de science, Idées sur la science. Pour enseigner les sciences de la maternelle à la 3e . Foreword & contribution from P.Léna : . Pour la mise en œuvre du Socle commun . Le Pommier, Paris. (Translated from Big Ideas in Science Education )

2008. Léna, P., Rouan D. (avec Lebrun F., Mignard, F., Pelat D.). L’observation en astrophysique. [2012. Observational Astrophysics, Springer, Heidelberg & New-York. 2015. Translated in Chinese by  Chauvet L., Sun Weixin, Hu Jingyao :  观测天体物理学,Scientific & Technological Publications, Beijing]

2012. Enseigner, c’est espérer. Le Pommier, Paris.

 

Invited talks