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Hubert Reeves

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


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Hubert ReevesCC GOQ
Reeves in 2015
(1932-07-13)July 13, 1932Montreal, Quebec, Canada
October 13, 2023(2023-10-13) (aged 91)Paris, France
CanadianFrench
Collège Jean-de-BrébeufUniversité de MontréalMcGill UniversityCornell University
Works on stellar nucleo-synthesisPopularisation of science
Francine Brunel-Reeves (first wife)Camille Scoffier-Reeves (second wife)
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See Honours and Recognition
Scientific career
Astrophysics
CNRS
Thermonuclear Reaction Involving Medium Light Nuclei (1960)
Edwin Salpeter
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Hubert Reeves CC GOQ (July 13, 1932 – October 13, 2023) was a French-Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science.

Reeves was born in Montreal on July 13, 1932, and 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.

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

Reeves often spoke on television, promoting science. He was married to Francine Brunel-Reeves and they had four children together. He resided in Paris, France, where he died on October 13, 2023, at the age of 91.

  • In 1976, he was made Knight of the 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. He was promoted to Grand Officer in 2017.

  • Asteroid 9631 Hubertreeves is named after Reeves: see Meanings of asteroid names (9501-10000).

  • In 2001, he received the Albert Einstein Medal for research on the density of the universe.

  • In 2011, the Prix Hubert-Reeves was created.

  • In 2019, he received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France.

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  • 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?. Seuil. ISBN 2-02-014400-X.

  • Reeves, Hubert (1994). Dernières nouvelles du cosmos. Seuil. 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. Éditions du Seuil. ISBN 2-02-080030-6.

  • Reeves, Hubert (2007). Chroniques des atomes et des galaxies. Éd. du Seuil. 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

  • Hubert Reeves in La Sorbonne (Paris, France) photographed in 2001 by Olivier Meyer

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  • Official website (in French)

  • Biography in English

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