Hubert Reeves

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Hubert Reeves

| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|GOQ|size=100%}}

| image = Hubert Reeves, 2015 (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Reeves in 2015

| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|07|13}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|10|13|1932|07|13}}

| death_place = Paris, France

| nationality =

| citizenship = Canadian
French

| field = Astrophysics

| work_institution = CNRS

| alma_mater = Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
Université de Montréal
McGill University
Cornell University

| doctoral_advisor = Edwin Salpeter{{MathGenealogy|id=138511}}

| thesis_title = Thermonuclear Reaction Involving Medium Light Nuclei

| thesis_url = https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/37619

| thesis_year = 1960

| doctoral_students = {{ubl|Jean Audouze|Sylvie Vauclair}}

| known_for = Works on stellar nucleo-synthesis
Popularisation of science

| awards = See Honours and Recognition

| spouse = Francine Brunel (first wife)
Camille Scoffier-Reeves (second wife)

| children = 4

| website = {{URL|www.hubertreeves.info}}

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Hubert Reeves {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|GOQ}} (July 13, 1932 – October 13, 2023) 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.{{cite book |last=Reeves |first=Hubert |date=2008 |title=Je nʼaurai pas le temps |url=https://archive.org/details/jenauraipasletem0000reev/page/11 |location=Paris |publisher=Les Éditions du Seuil |page=[https://archive.org/details/jenauraipasletem0000reev/page/11 11] |isbn=978-2-02-097494-3 }} 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"{{Cite web|url=http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/-?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=110291&silo_library=GEN01|title=The formation of positronium in hydrogen and helium on gases.|last=Reeves|first=Hubert|date=1956|website=eScholarship@McGill|publisher=|access-date=October 16, 2016}} (supervisor: J. David Jackson) and a PhD degree at Cornell University in 1960.{{cite web |url=http://www.hubertreeves.info/bio.html |title=Biographie détaillée |last1=Reeves |first1=Hubert |date=15 March 2015 |website=Hubert Reeves Site officiel |access-date=13 October 2015}}

Career

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.

Personal life and death

Reeves often spoke on television, promoting science. He resided in Paris, France, where he died on October 13, 2023, at the age of 91.{{cite news | url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2023/10/13/hubert-reeves-astrophysicien-et-grand-vulgarisateur-est-mort_6194220_3382.html | title=Hubert Reeves, astrophysicien et grand vulgarisateur, est mort | newspaper=Le Monde.fr | date=13 October 2023 }}

Honours and recognition

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.{{cite web |title=Nominations dans l'ordre de la Légion d'honneur |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2003/07/14/nominations-dans-l-ordre-de-la-legion-d-honneur_327687_1819218.html |website=Le Monde |language=French |date=14 July 2003}}
In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 2003.{{cite web |title=Mr. Hubert Reeves |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-3623 |website=Governor-General of Canada |access-date=17 October 2023}}
In 1994, he was made Officer of the National Order of Quebec. He was promoted to Grand Officer in 2017.{{cite web |title=Celebrated Quebec astrophysicist Hubert Reeves has 'joined the stars' at 91 |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/celebrated-quebec-astrophysicist-hubert-reeves-has-joined-the-stars-at-91-1.6600045#:~:text=Recognized%20by%20the%20Order%20of,of%20publications%20in%20specialized%20journals. |website=CTV News |access-date=17 October 2023 |date=13 October 2023}}
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.{{cite web |last1=Freeman |first1=Alan |title=Astrophysicist Hubert Reeves illuminated the marvels of science and the cosmos |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-astrophysicist-hubert-reeves-illuminated-the-marvels-of-science-and/ |website=The Globe and Mail |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=20 October 2023 |quote=Dr. Reeves was honoured with the Einstein Medal in 2001 for his scientific work 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.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Hubert Reeves wins 2019 Jules Janssen Prize (Press release) |url=https://saf-astronomie.fr/hubert-reeves-recoit-le-prix-janssen-2019/ |access-date=10 August 2022 |website=Société astronomique de France}}

Selected publications

{{cite book

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| last = Reeves

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| date = 1998

| title = Origins: Speculations on the Cosmos, Earth and Mankind

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| edition = 1st English-language

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/origins00hube/page/192 192pp]

| publisher = Arcade Publishing

| location = London

| isbn = 1-55970-408-X

| url = https://archive.org/details/origins00hube/page/192

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{{cite book

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| last = Reeves

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| date = July 1971

| title = Nuclear Reactions in Stellar Surfaces and Their Relations with Stellar Evolution

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| pages = [https://archive.org/details/nuclearreactions0000reev/page/88 88pp]

| publisher = Gordon and Breach

| location = London

| isbn = 0-677-02960-8

| url = https://archive.org/details/nuclearreactions0000reev/page/88

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{{cite book

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| date = 1968

| title = Stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis

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| publisher = Gordon and Breach

| location = New York

| isbn = 0-677-30150-2

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{{cite book

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| date = 1981

| title = Atoms of Silence: An Exploration of Cosmic Evolution

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| pages = 282

| publisher = Seuil

| location = Paris

| isbn = 2-02-010170-X

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{{cite book

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| date = 1986

| title = L'heure de s'enivrer : l'univers a-t-il un sens?

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| isbn = 2-02-014400-X

| url =https://archive.org/details/lheuredesenivrer0000reev

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{{cite book

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| last = Reeves

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| date = 1994

| title = Dernières nouvelles du cosmos

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| isbn = 2-02-022831-9

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{{cite book

| first = Hubert

| last = Reeves

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|author2=Lenoir, Frédéric

| date = 2003

| title = Mal de Terre

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| pages = 272

| publisher = Points

| location = Paris

| isbn = 2-02-079064-5

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{{cite book

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| last = Reeves

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| date = 2005

| title = Chroniques du ciel et de la vie

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| isbn = 2-02-080030-6

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{{cite book

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| date = 2007

| title = Chroniques des atomes et des galaxies

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| isbn = 978-2-7578-2297-5

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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.

File:Canadian Astrophysicist Hubert Reeves - Conference on the decline of biodiversity, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris.jpg|Conference on the decline of biodiversity, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris in 2009

File:Hubert Reeves by Olivier Meyer.jpg|Hubert Reeves in La Sorbonne (Paris, France) photographed in 2001 by Olivier Meyer

References

External links

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{{Official website|http://www.hubertreeves.info}} {{in lang|fr}}
[http://science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=213 Biography in English]

Category:1932 births

Category:2023 deaths

Category:Albert Einstein Medal recipients

Category:Canadian astrophysicists

Category:Canadian environmentalists

Category:Canadian expatriates in France

Category:Canadian people of English descent

Category:Canadian people of French descent

Category:Canadian science writers

Category:Companions of the Order of Canada

Category:Cornell University alumni

Category:French National Centre for Scientific Research scientists