Maxence Charles Layet (born 1 April 1971) is a French science and technology journalist and author.

Biography

Maxence Layet attended the Aix-Marseille University where he studied sociology. From 1998 to 2001 he was an editor at a video-games website, gamelog.fr, then he contributed as free lancer at the French magazine

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. He was consultant at

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. He has been investigating futurology about virtual worlds,

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, greentech, electromagnetics warfare, bioelectromagnetism, environmental health and pollutions. In 2010, his book ''Electrocultures and free energies'' ( ''Électrocultures et énergies libres''), explores the electric and

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s influences on plants.

Bibliography

* 2006, ''The secret energy of Universe'' * 2007, ''Futur 2.0'' * 2008, ''

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, serum of life''. * 2009, ''Survive to mobile phone and wifi networks'' in the edition ''Le courrier du livre'' of

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in March 2009. * 2010, ''Électrocultures et énergies libres'', Maxence Layet & Roland Wehrlen, Le courrier du Livre, , July 2010.

Filmography

* ''Surrounded by the waves'', Mosaïque Productions/ Arte, 2009. * ''Sous le feu des ondes'', Mosaïque Productions/ Arte, 2009.

Footnotes

External links

Amboise website

Maxence Layet Arte Blog on Surrounded by the waves

Casualties of waves trailer
Living people 1971 births French male non-fiction writers {{France-journalist-stub