Joël de Rosnay

Joël de Rosnay, born on 12 June 1937 in Curepipe, Mauritius, is a Mauritius-born French scientist and writer who has lived in Paris since 1945. In the context of sport he is known for pioneering surfing in France in 1957 and for creating the Surf Club de France in 1964. His wider career includes research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Pasteur Institute, a post as scientific attache at the French Embassy in the United States, and the presidency of the consulting company Biotics International. He is the author of many books on systems theory, biology and technology, among them Le Macroscope (1975), and is the father of the novelist Tatiana de Rosnay.