Évariste Sanchez-Palencia[1] (born 1941 in Madrid), is a French researcher in theoretical mechanics, applied mathematics and epistemology, Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS.
(1970-1985) Homogenization method for continuous media with fine structure.
(1985-2010) Asymptotic study and numerical computation of very thin elastic shells.
(From 2005) epistemology, along the axes: -Essentially approximate nature and evolution of scientific knowledge.
-Dynamical systems theory provides an intelligible basis to dialectic movement of nature (dynamic interaction, constructive aspects of evolution, etc.)