Amazing Science, a "pulp" and science exhibition

With the Amazing Science exhibition, Inserm and CEA continue to follow the adventurous trail blazed by Amazing Stories, the American sci-fi magazine first published in 1926. Back then, Hugo Gernsback's publication regaled its readers with "scientific romances" complete with shock graphics, bright colours, striking typography and mysterious perspectives.
The Amazing Science exhibition breathes fresh life into those old magazine covers - 20th Century science fiction reinvented by the 21st Century science. Claude Ecken, science fiction writer, comic script writer, literary critic, broadcaster and public reader, joins in this revival of "science romances" with a series of short science fiction stories taking visitors on a 26-picture literary journey.

The exhibition has set itself a dual challenge: to promote discovery and understanding through enjoyment and to encourage explanation and learning through transformation.

You can also visit the virtual museum: www.musee.inserm.fr

Amazing Science, an exhibition designed and produced by the Inserm and CEA communication departments.