Hubert Reeves Explained

Hubert Reeves
Birth Date:	13 July 1932
Birth Place:	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:	Paris, France
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
Thesis Title:	Thermonuclear Reaction Involving Medium Light Nuclei
Thesis Url:	https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/37619
Thesis Year:	1960
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

Hubert Reeves (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.^[1] 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"^[2] and a PhD degree at Cornell University in 1960.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]
• In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 2003.^[6]
• In 1994, he was made Officer of the National Order of Quebec. He was promoted to Grand Officer in 2017.^[7]
• 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.^[8]
• 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.^[9]

Selected publications

• Book: Reeves , Hubert . 1998 . Origins: Speculations on the Cosmos, Earth and Mankind . 1st English-language . 192pp . . London . 1-55970-408-X .
• Book: Reeves , Hubert . July 1971 . Nuclear Reactions in Stellar Surfaces and Their Relations with Stellar Evolution . 88pp . . London . 0-677-02960-8 .
• Book: Reeves , Hubert . 1968 . Stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis . Gordon and Breach . New York . 0-677-30150-2 .
• Book: Reeves , Hubert . 1981 . Atoms of Silence: An Exploration of Cosmic Evolution . 282 . Seuil . Paris . 2-02-010170-X .
• Book: Reeves , Hubert . 1986 . L'heure de s'enivrer : l'univers a-t-il un sens? . Seuil . 2-02-014400-X . registration .
• Book: Reeves , Hubert . 1994 . Dernières nouvelles du cosmos . Seuil . 2-02-022831-9 .
• Book: Reeves , Hubert . Lenoir, Frédéric . 2003 . Mal de Terre . 272 . Points . Paris . 2-02-079064-5 .
• Book: Reeves , Hubert . 2005 . Chroniques du ciel et de la vie . Éditions du Seuil . 2-02-080030-6 .
• Book: Reeves , Hubert . 2007 . Chroniques des atomes et des galaxies . Éd. du Seuil . 978-2-7578-2297-5 .
• Reeves, Hubert; Boutinot, Nelly; Casanave, Daniel; Champion, Claire (2017). Hubert Reeves nous explique la biodiversité. Bruxelles: Le Lombard. .
• Reeves, Hubert; Boutinot, Nelly; Casanave, Daniel; Champion, Claire (2018). Hubert Reeves nous explique la forêt. Bruxelles: Le Lombard. .
• Reeves, Hubert; Vandermeulen, David; Casanave, Daniel (2019). Hubert Reeves nous explique les océans. Bruxelles: Le Lombard. .
• 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.

External links

• • • Biography in English

Notes and References

1. Book: Reeves, Hubert . 2008 . Je nʼaurai pas le temps . Paris . Les Éditions du Seuil . 11 . 978-2-02-097494-3 .
2. Web site: The formation of positronium in hydrogen and helium on gases.. Reeves. Hubert. 1956. eScholarship@McGill. October 16, 2016. (supervisor: J. David Jackson)
3. Web site: Biographie détaillée . Reeves . Hubert . 15 March 2015 . Hubert Reeves Site officiel . 13 October 2015.
4. News: Hubert Reeves, astrophysicien et grand vulgarisateur, est mort . Le Monde.fr . 13 October 2023 .
5. Web site: Nominations dans l'ordre de la Légion d'honneur . . French . 14 July 2003.
6. Web site: Mr. Hubert Reeves . . 17 October 2023.
7. Web site: Celebrated Quebec astrophysicist Hubert Reeves has 'joined the stars' at 91 . . 17 October 2023 . 13 October 2023.
8. Web site: Freeman . Alan . Astrophysicist Hubert Reeves illuminated the marvels of science and the cosmos . The Globe and Mail . 1 May 2024 . 20 October 2023 . Dr. Reeves was honoured with the Einstein Medal in 2001 for his scientific work on the density of the universe.
9. Web site: Dr. Hubert Reeves wins 2019 Jules Janssen Prize (Press release) . 10 August 2022 . Société astronomique de France.