by Axel Kahn · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782234070103
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«Pensées en chemin» is the travelogue by Axel Kahn, published by Stock in 2014 in paperback (281 pages, in French).
The author walks some two thousand kilometers from the Ardennes to the Basque Country, passing through Vézelay, the Morvan, the Haute-Loire, the Causses and seven hundred kilometers of the Camino de Santiago. The book alternates the travel diary with historical evocation and a reflection on France today: rural depopulation, poverty and social fracture.
The full subtitle is «ma France, des Ardennes au Pays basque». Its thematic classification includes travel, hiking and social life and customs of France.
For readers interested in hiking, the landscapes of France and social reflection on the country.
Axel Kahn was a French geneticist. He was the brother of the journalist Jean-François Kahn and the chemist Olivier Kahn. He was a member of the French National Consultative Ethics Committee from 1992 to 2004 and worked in gene therapy. He first entered the INSERM with a specialization in biochemistry. He was named in 2002 as a counsellor for biosciences and biotechnologies matters by the European Commission. Head of French laboratories specialized in biomedical sciences between years 1984 and 2007, he was elected President of the Paris Descartes University in December 2007, as the sole candidate.
