Hubert Reeves

Hubert Reeves
Reeves in 1994
Born	(1932-07-13) July 13, 1932 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Residence	Paris, France
Citizenship	Canada France
Nationality	Canadian
Fields	Astrophysics
Institutions	CNRS
Alma mater	Université de Montréal McGill University Cornell University
Doctoral students	Jean Audouze
Known for	Works on stellar nucleo-synthesis Popularisation of science
Notable awards	See Honours and Recognition
Spouse	Francine Brunel (former) Camille Scoffier-Reeves (current)
Website www.hubertreeves.info

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

Early life and education

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 1955 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

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

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

Honours and recognition

• 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.

Quotes

Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshiping

— H.Reeves

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). 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. 

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  Conference on the decline of biodiversity, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris in 2009

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  Hubert Reeves in March 2010

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

External links

• Media related to Hubert Reeves at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website (French)
• Biography in English