Nationality American Fields Astrophysics Role Researcher | Name Trinh Thuan Doctoral advisor Lyman Spitzer | |
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Born Trinh Xuan Thuan
August 20, 1948
Hanoi, Vietnam ( 1948-08-20 ) Alma mater California Institute of Technology (B.S.)
Princeton University (Ph.D.) Known for Research in galaxy formation
Author of popular books Education California Institute of Technology, Princeton University Awards Prix mondial Cino Del Duca Notable awards Kalinga Prize, Prix mondial Cino Del Duca Books The secret melody, Chaos and Harmony: Perspecti, Discoveries: Birth of the Universe, The Changing Universe, Le Chaos et l'Harmonie | ||
Institutions University of Virginia | ||
Trinh xuan thuan l volution et le cosmos
Trịnh Xuân Thuận (born August 20, 1948) is a Vietnamese-American astrophysicist.
Contents
- Trinh xuan thuan l volution et le cosmos
- La place de l homme dans l univers trinh xuan thuan
- Biography
- Books for general readers
- References
La place de l homme dans l univers trinh xuan thuan
Biography
Thuận was born in Hanoi, Vietnam. He completed his B.S. at the California Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. at Princeton University. He has taught astronomy at the University of Virginia, where he is a professor, since 1976, and is a Research Associate at the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris. He was a founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion.
Thuận was the recipient of UNESCO's Kalinga Prize in 2009 for his work in popularizing science. He received the Kalinga chair award at the 99th Indian Science Congress at Bhubaneswar. In 2012, he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca from the Institut de France. This prize recognizes authors whose work, literary or scientific, constitutes a message of modern humanism. Thuận's areas of interest are extragalactic astronomy and galaxy formation. His research has focused on the evolution of galaxies and the chemical composition of the universe, and on compact blue dwarf galaxies.