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Citizenship
  
CanadaFrance

Doctoral students
  
Jean Audouze

Awards
  
Albert Einstein Medal

Institutions
  
CNRS

Residence
  
Paris, France

Fields
  
Astrophysics

Role
  
Astrophysicist

Nationality
  
Canadian

Name
  
Hubert Reeves


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Born
  
July 13, 1932 (age 92) Montreal, Quebec, Canada (
1932-07-13
)

Alma mater
  
Universite de MontrealMcGill UniversityCornell University

Parents
  
Manon Beaupre, Joseph-Aime Reeves

Education
  
Cornell University, Universite de Montreal, College Jean-de-Brebeuf, McGill University

Books
  
Poussieres d'etoiles, The Universe Explaine, Origins: Speculations on the Co, Atoms of Silence, Dernières nouvelles du cosmos

Similar People
  
Pierre Rabhi, Yves Coppens, Joel de Rosnay, Jean‑Claude Pecker, Frank J Tipler

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Hubert Reeves (born July 13, 1932), CC OQ is a French Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science.

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Hubert Reeves


Early life and education

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Reeves was born in Montreal on July 13, 1932, and also as a child lived in Léry. 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” and a PhD degree at Cornell University in 1960. His PhD thesis was “Thermonuclear Reaction Involving Medium Light Nuclei.”

Career

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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 Centre national de la recherche scientifique since 1965.

Personal life

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

Honours and recognition

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  • In 1976 he was made Knight of Ordre national du Mérite (France).
  • In 1986 he was made Knight of the Légion d'Honneur (France). He was promoted to Officer in 1994 and to Commander in 2003.
  • In 1991 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 2003.
  • In 1994, he was made Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
  • Asteroid 9631 Hubertreeves is named after Reeves: see Meanings of asteroid names (9501-10000).
  • In 2011 was created the Hubert Reeves award.

    • Selected publications

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  • 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). Patience dans l'azur : l'évolution cosmique. 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. 

    • References

    Hubert Reeves Wikipedia
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