Jean Bricmont
Theoretical physicist and philosopher of science
Jean Bricmont is a Belgian theoretical physicist and philosopher of science. Together with Alan Sokal he wrote Fashionable Nonsense, a book that challenges postmodernist views of science.
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Belgian Born 1952 in Uccle, Belgium
Influenced by Noam Chomsky
About Jean Bricmont
Jean Bricmont was born in 1952 and is a Belgian theoretical physicist and philosopher of science. He is a professor at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain), where his research covers the renormalization group and nonlinear differential equations. Since 2004 he has belonged to the Royal Academy of Belgium, in its Division of Sciences. Bricmont describes himself as a rationalist. With Alan Sokal he wrote Fashionable Nonsense (1997), which challenges postmodernist views of science. He has also spoken out against imperialism and for freedom of expression, a stance similar to Noam Chomsky's. From 2001 to 2006 he led the Association française pour l'information scientifique as its president.