He has regularly taught the MAS of celestial mechanics at the Observatory, a higher education institution which is authorized to issue doctorates.

In the field of history of astronomy, in addition to scholarly works, he has authored many books for general public, especially for youth.

[1] He wrote Le ciel, ordre et désordre (1987), a heavily illustrated pocket book for Gallimard’s encyclopaedic collection "Découvertes", which has been translated into fourteen languages, including English.

[2] In 1991, he collaborated in the astronomical organisation Nuits des étoiles [fr], with Daniel Kunth and Hubert Reeves on a TV show at France 2.

[3] In 2016, the Budget Prize of Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres was awarded to Michel-Pierre Lerner, Alain-Philippe Segonds [fr] and Jean-Pierre Verdet for their 3-volume critical works of Nicolaus Copernicus’ De revolutionibus orbium coelestium.