of complexity theory and self-organization in France and the initiator of "complex thought" in his meetings with the "Groupe des Dix". "Complex thought" was later popularized by Edgar Morin. Publications (1950) (1951) (1952) (1954) (1954) (1955) (1956) (1958) (1959) (1961) (1963) (1965) (1968) (1969) (1970) (1971) (1970) (1973) (1973) (1974) (1976) (1978) (1979) (1983) (1987) (1987) (1990) (1992) (1992) (1994) (1996) Notes References Bibliography External links People from Hanoi 1914 births 1995 deaths French male writers Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature) Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Recipients of the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award Naval surgeons French Navy officers French military personnel of World War II 20th-century French male writers French people in colonial Vietnam