Editing Hubert Reeves

{{Short description|Canadian astrophysicist (1932–2023)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Hubert Reeves
| honorific_suffix  = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|GOQ|size=100%}}
| image             = Hubert Reeves, 2015 (cropped).jpg
| image_size        = 
| 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<br/>French
| field             = [[Astrophysics]]
| work_institution  = [[CNRS]]
| alma_mater        = [[Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf]]<br>[[Université de Montréal]]<br>[[McGill University]]<br>[[Cornell University]]
| doctoral_advisor  = [[Edwin Ernest Salpeter|Edwin Salpeter]]<ref>{{MathGenealogy|id=138511}}</ref>
| 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<br>Popularisation of science
| awards            = [[#Honours and recognition|''See Honours and Recognition'']]
| spouse            = Francine Brunel (first wife)<br />Camille Scoffier-Reeves (second wife)
| children          = 4
| website           = {{URL|www.hubertreeves.info}}
| footnotes         = 
}}

'''Hubert Reeves''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|GOQ}} (July 13, 1932 – October 13, 2023) was a Canadian [[astrophysics|astrophysicist]] and [[popular science|popularizer of science]].

==Early life and education==
Reeves was born in [[Montreal]] on July 13, 1932, and as a child lived in [[Léry, Quebec|Léry]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Reeves attended [[College Jean-de-Brebeuf|Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf]], a prestigious [[French language|French-language]] [[College education in Quebec|college in Montreal]]. He obtained a [[Bachelor of Science|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"<ref>{{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]])</ref> and a PhD degree at [[Cornell University]] in 1960.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==Honours and recognition==
* In 1976, he was made Knight of the [[Ordre national du Mérite (France)|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* In 1991, he was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] and was promoted to Companion in 2003.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* In 1994, he was made Officer of the [[National Order of Quebec]]. He was promoted to Grand Officer in 2017.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* 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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Selected publications==
* {{cite book
 | first = Hubert
 | last = Reeves
 | authorlink = 
 | date = 1998
 | title = Origins: Speculations on the Cosmos, Earth and Mankind
 | chapter = 
 | editor = 
 | 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
 }}
* {{cite book
 | first = Hubert
 | last = Reeves
 | authorlink = 
 | date = July 1971
 | title = Nuclear Reactions in Stellar Surfaces and Their Relations with Stellar Evolution
 | chapter = 
 | editor = 
 | edition = 
 | 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
 }}
* {{cite book
 | first = Hubert
 | last = Reeves
 | authorlink =
 | 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
 | first = Hubert
 | last = Reeves
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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
 | url =
}}
* {{cite book
 | first = Hubert
 | last = Reeves
 | authorlink =
 | date = 1986
 | title = L'heure de s'enivrer : l'univers a-t-il un sens?
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 | publisher =Seuil
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 | isbn = 2-02-014400-X
 | url =https://archive.org/details/lheuredesenivrer0000reev
| url-access = registration
 }}
* {{cite book
 | first = Hubert
 | 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
 | authorlink =
 |author2=Lenoir, Frédéric
  | date = 2003
 | title = Mal de Terre
 | chapter =
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 | pages = 272
 | publisher = Points
 | location = Paris
 | isbn = 2-02-079064-5
 | url =
}}
* {{cite book
 | first = Hubert
 | last = Reeves
 | authorlink =
 | date = 2005
 | title = Chroniques du ciel et de la vie
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 | publisher =Éditions du Seuil
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 | isbn = 2-02-080030-6
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* {{cite book
 | first = Hubert
 | last = Reeves
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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''.

<gallery class="center">
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 [[Sorbonne (building)|La Sorbonne]] (Paris, France) photographed in 2001 by [[Olivier Meyer]]
</gallery>

== References ==
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==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]

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