Goéry Delacôte

Biography

Delacôte's first name, Goéry, is possibly inspired by the founder of the commune of Épinal. The town is close to Delacôte's birthplace of Anould. after finding it difficult to choose between condensed matter and particle/nuclear (the two dominant areas at the time). He chose organic crystals as his research area because of a desire to help less developed nations: by his reasoning, condensed matter physics was the less expensive of the two.

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Delacôte led a working group on new methods of teaching physical sciences in schools. His work began as a part-time job, with him eventually becoming chief scientist there. In 1982 he was made director of scientific and technical information of the CNRS, creating the INIST in 1988.

Inspired by the success of San Francisco's Exploratorium, Delacôte became friends with Frank Oppenheimer. Following Oppenheimer's death in 1985, he was headhunted He founded the Exploradôme in Paris in 1998. In an interview in 2006, he said that he wanted to concentrate on "the quality of the exhibits and activities, and developing a network of science centres across the UK". He also said that he was disappointed with the level of English government funding for science centres, considering arrangements in Scotland and Wales to be better. Upon leaving At-Bristol in 2012, he expected to return to France to develop a network of science centres similar to the Exploradôme. Putting Science in the Hands of the Public, June 1998 Apoptosis: the way for science centres to thrive, 2003 Pour une économie du bien commun, 2012 Enseigner et apprendre les sciences [Scientific education and acquisition] (contributing author), 2005