Born in Paris on April 12th, 1932. Died on June 15th 2002.
Education and professional career
- 1951-1955: École Normale Superieure (Ulm)
- 1955-1957: Princeton University (USA)
- 1957: Doctorate on "Collective effects in solids"
- 1961-1972: Professor in Paris University
- 1972-1976: Laue Langevin Institute, Grenoble
- 1976-1983: Professor at the University of Grenoble
- 1972-2000: Head of the Theory group at ILL, Grenoble
- 1982: Member of Academie des Sciences, Paris
- 1991: Foreign Associate of NAS, Washington
- 1992: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1993: Honorary Member of Eur. Phys. Society
Awards and honors
- 1974: Holweck Prize (IOP)
- 1985: Wolf Prize in Physics
- 1988: Gold Medal of CNRS
- 2001: Feenberg Medal