Bernard Derrida (; born 1952) is a French theoretical physicist. He is best known for his work in statistical mechanics, and is the eponym of Derrida plots, an analytical technique for characterising differences between Boolean networks.
Biography Derrida entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1971, and received his doctorate in 1976. Since 1993 he has been professor of physics at Université Pierre et Marie Curie and at ENS. He is an expert in statistical mechanics who has adapted statistical-physics ideas to various problems in biology.
He was elected, in 2004 to the Académie des sciences.
In 2010, Derrida was awarded the Boltzmann Medal by IUPAP with John Cardy.
In 2026, he was awarded the ICTP Dirac Medal for his contributions to statistical mechanics.Dirac Medallists 2026
He is philosopher Jacques Derrida's first cousin once removedPer https://carnetdujour.lefigaro.fr/annonce/print/6509428/ Bernard Derrida (1952–) is the son of Lucien Derrida (1916–2010); per https://gw.geneanet.org/adriel38?lang=fr&n=derrida&p=lucien the latter is the son of Jacob Derrida (1884–1966), himself son of Abraam Derrida (1853–1920), whereas per https://gw.geneanet.org/adriel38?lang=fr&n=derrida&p=jacques+elie Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) is the son of Haim Aimé Derrida (1896–1970), also son of Abraam Derrida..
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