Les maîtres de l'eau

Taming water, an ambition that men have achieved by building exceptional structures: dams, canals, or polders to gain immense territories on the sea. Frédéric Restagno, physicist, specialist in fluid mechanics and researcher at the CNRS, will follow in the footsteps of engineers whose work has marked history... These visionaries were able to implement considerable projects to protect themselves from the often devastating water... but also to use its formidable power. A scientific investigation to understand how extraordinary technical challenges have redesigned the planet's landscapes. The story of tenacious engineers who became masters of water in a few centuries.