2023-10-13 18:52:35
Franco-Canadian astrophysicist Hubert Reeves died Friday at the age of 91, his son announced on Facebook. He was known for his popularization work on the cosmos.
“My whole family joins me in the pain of having to announce that our dear father has left to join the stars,” wrote his son Benoit Reeves on the social network Facebook.
Died in Paris, Hubert Reeves was a masterful storyteller of the history of the Universe, the passion of his life, but also one of the most ardent defenders of the blue planet.
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“Quebec today loses an outstanding popularizer, a renowned astrophysicist. Hubert Reeves knew how to find the words to help us understand humanity and infinity. He leaves today as he came, in dust stars”, commented François Legault, Prime Minister of Quebec.
Born in Montreal on July 13, 1932, the scientist had the art of making the most complex physical phenomena intelligible, “to all those whom the world amazed”, like him.
Having worked for NASA in the 1960s, he pursued a teaching career in Belgium before going to France where he became a research director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and an advisor to the Energy Commission. atomic (CEA).
A scientific storyteller
Having inherited a talent as a storyteller from his maternal grandmother Charlotte Tourangeau, who made him dream when he was little by telling him endless stories, he decided to write a book – “Patience in the Azure” (1981 ) – to tell the story of the universe.
The success was beyond all expectations and Hubert Reeves then began a second career, as a science popularizer.
Among his many books, he published “Poussières d’étoiles” in 1984, then “L’heure de s’ivrer” in 1986, “The sea explained to our grandchildren” (2015) and “The fury of living ” (2020).
“You made this little planet lost in the Universe more pleasant,” reacted on X Eric Lagadec, astrophysicist at the Côte d’Azur Observatory.
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