Hubert Reeves

Hubert Reeves in June 2004

Hubert Reeves, OQ (born July 13, 1932) is a Canadian (Québécois) astrophysicist and popularizer of science. He has been a Director of Research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique since 1965 and currently lives in France where he often speaks on television promoting science.

Born in Montreal, Reeves obtained a BSc in physics from the Université de Montréal in 1953, an MSc at McGill University in 1955 (with a thesis entitled "Formation of Positronium in Hydrogen and Helium" and then a PhD at Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) in 1960. His PhD thesis was "Thermonuclear Reaction Involving Medium Light Nuclei". From 1960 to 1964, he taught physics at the Université de Montréal and worked as an adviser to NASA.

[edit] 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. 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).

Reeves, Hubert (1998). Origins: Speculations on the Cosmos, Earth and Mankind, 1st English-language ed, London: Arcade Publishing, 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, 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, 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, 272. ISBN 2-02-079064-5.
Reeves, Hubert (2005). Chroniques du ciel et de la vie. ISBN 2-02-080030-6.