About the Author

Jackie Pigeaud was taught at Universite de Nantes before becoming a member of Institut universitaire de France. An antiquary and specialist on medical thought, he has published numerous works, including La Maladie de l'ame (reprinted by Les Belles Lettres, 2006), L'Art et le Vivant (Gallimard, 1995) and Poesie du corps (Payot-Rivages, 1999). Alain-Philippe Segonds est chercheur au CNRS. On lui doit recemment aux Belles Lettres, avec Nicholas Jardine, La Guerre des Astronomes. La querelle au sujet de l'origine du systeme geo-heliocentrique a la fin du XVIe siecle (2008).