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{{Short description|Canadian astrophysicist and science writer (born 1932)}}
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'''Hubert Reeves''' (born July 13, 1932), {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|GOQ}} was a [[Canadian]] [[astrophysics|astrophysicist]] and [[popular science|popularizer of science]].
'''Hubert Reeves''' (July 13, 1932-October 13, 2023), {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|GOQ}} was a [[Canadian]] [[astrophysics|astrophysicist]] and [[popular science|popularizer of science]].


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==

Revision as of 15:40, 13 October 2023

Hubert Reeves
Hubert Reeves in 2010.
Born(1932-07-13)July 13, 1932
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DiedOctober 13, 2023(2023-10-13) (aged 91)
Paris, France
CitizenshipCanadian
French
Alma materCollège Jean-de-Brébeuf
Université de Montréal
McGill University
Cornell University
Known forWorks on stellar nucleo-synthesis
Popularisation of science
Spouse(s)Francine Brunel (former)
Camille Scoffier-Reeves (current)
Children4
AwardsSee Honours and Recognition
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsCNRS
Doctoral advisorEdwin Salpeter[1]
Doctoral studentsJean Audouze
Websitewww.hubertreeves.info

Hubert Reeves (July 13, 1932-October 13, 2023), CC GOQ was a Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science.

Early life and education

Reeves was born in Montreal on July 13, 1932, and as a child lived in Léry.[2] Reeves attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, a prestigious French-language college in Montreal. He obtained a BSc degree in physics from the Université de Montréal in 1953, an MSc degree from McGill University in 1956 with a thesis entitled "Formation of Positronium in Hydrogen and Helium"[3] and a PhD degree at Cornell University in 1960. His PhD thesis was "Thermonuclear Reaction Involving Medium Light Nuclei."[4]

Career

From 1960 to 1964, he taught physics at the Université de Montréal and worked as an advisor to NASA. He has been a Director of Research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) since 1965.

Personal life

Reeves resides in Paris, France. He often speaks on television, promoting science.

Honours and recognition

Selected publications

  • Reeves, Hubert (1998). Origins: Speculations on the Cosmos, Earth and Mankind (1st English-language ed.). London: Arcade Publishing. pp. 192pp. ISBN 1-55970-408-X.
  • Reeves, Hubert (July 1971). Nuclear Reactions in Stellar Surfaces and Their Relations with Stellar Evolution. London: Gordon and Breach. pp. 88pp. ISBN 0-677-02960-8.
  • Reeves, Hubert (1968). Stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis. New York: Gordon and Breach. ISBN 0-677-30150-2.
  • Reeves, Hubert (1981). Atoms of Silence: An Exploration of Cosmic Evolution. Paris: Seuil. p. 282. ISBN 2-02-010170-X.
  • Reeves, Hubert (1986). L'heure de s'enivrer : l'univers a-t-il un sens?. ISBN 2-02-014400-X.
  • Reeves, Hubert (1994). Dernières nouvelles du cosmos. ISBN 2-02-022831-9.
  • Reeves, Hubert; Lenoir, Frédéric (2003). Mal de Terre. Paris: Points. p. 272. ISBN 2-02-079064-5.
  • Reeves, Hubert (2005). Chroniques du ciel et de la vie. ISBN 2-02-080030-6.
  • Reeves, Hubert (2007). Chroniques des atomes et des galaxies. ISBN 978-2-7578-2297-5.
  • Reeves, Hubert; Boutinot, Nelly; Casanave, Daniel; Champion, Claire (2017). Hubert Reeves nous explique la biodiversité. Bruxelles: Le Lombard. ISBN 9782803670796.
  • Reeves, Hubert; Boutinot, Nelly; Casanave, Daniel; Champion, Claire (2018). Hubert Reeves nous explique la forêt. Bruxelles: Le Lombard. ISBN 9782803672325.
  • Reeves, Hubert; Vandermeulen, David; Casanave, Daniel (2019). Hubert Reeves nous explique les océans. Bruxelles: Le Lombard. ISBN 9782803673100.
  • Reeves, Hubert, Michel Cassé, Étienne Klein, Marc Lachièze-Rey, Roland Lehoucq, Jean-Pierre Luminet, Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, Nicolas Prantzos, and Sylvie Vauclair. (2019). Petite histoire de la matière et de l'univers.
  • Conference on the decline of biodiversity, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris in 2009
    Conference on the decline of biodiversity, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris in 2009
  • Hubert Reeves in La Sorbonne (Paris, France) photographed in 2001 by Olivier Meyer
    Hubert Reeves in La Sorbonne (Paris, France) photographed in 2001 by Olivier Meyer

References

  1. ^ Hubert Reeves at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ Reeves, Hubert (2008). Je nʼaurai pas le temps. Paris: Les Éditions du Seuil. p. 11. ISBN 978-2-02-097494-3.
  3. ^ Reeves, Hubert (1956). "The formation of positronium in hydrogen and helium on gases". eScholarship@McGill. Retrieved October 16, 2016. (supervisor: J. David Jackson)
  4. ^ Reeves, Hubert (15 March 2015). "Biographie détaillée". Hubert Reeves Site officiel. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Dr. Hubert Reeves wins 2019 Jules Janssen Prize (Press release)". Société astronomique de France. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

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