The author was editor of Physics Letters B for particle physics and then of Physics Reports for a total of 18 years, as well as being president of the French Physical Society and later of the European Physical Society.

This book puts together papers dealing with such activities which he has written at various times in his career. It takes the reader into the inner circles of scientific editing and of physical societies. Each introduced by a foreword, these papers can be read separately.

Contents:

• An Editing Experiment: Running the Theoretical Particle Physics Section of Physics Letters B, 1968–1971
• Physics Reports: An Editorial Experiment: Running the Particle Physics Section of Physics Reports, 1970–1985
• Publishing and Editing: Some Reflections on Eighteen Years as an Editor
• De Bibliotheca: An Essay on Past and Modern Physics Research Libraries
• Editing in Physics: Quality Control in the Electronic Age
• Physical Societies and Physics Communities: A Contribution to Achievements in Physics, a book in the honour of V Weisskopf
• Three Addresses to the European Physical Society
• The EPS, Physics and Industry