Pierre de Latil (1903–?) was a French
science journalist known for his popular science works, but also as an author of
youth literature. He died in 2001.
In 1953 he authored of one of the first introductory works on
cybernetics
Cybernetics is a wide-ranging field concerned with circular causality, such as feedback, in regulatory and purposive systems. Cybernetics is named after an example of circular causal feedback, that of steering a ship, where the helmsperson m ...
.
He co-authored several essays with
Jacques Bergier
Jacques Bergier (; maybe born Yakov Mikhailovich Berger (russian: link=no, Я́ков Миха́йлович Бéргер); Odessa, Paris, 23 November 1978) was a chemical engineer, member of the French-resistance, spy, journalist and writer. He ...
He was a scientific columnist at
Le Figaro
''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of reco ...
and president of the
AJSPI (''Association des journalistes scientifiques de la presse d’information'' - the Association of Science Journalists of the News Press)
in 1968.
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References
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French science journalists
1903 births
Date of death missing
French journalists
Cyberneticists