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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vietnamese-American astrophysicist In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Trịnh, but is often simplified to Trinh in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Xuân Thuận.

Trinh Xuan Thuan
Trịnh Xuân Thuận in 2015
Born	Trịnh Xuân Thuận (1948-08-20) August 20, 1948 (age 77)[1]Hanoi, Vietnam
Education	California Institute of Technology (BS)Princeton University (PhD)[1]
Known for	Research in galaxy formation Author of popular books[1]
Awards	Prix Moron [fr] (2007)Kalinga Prize (2009)Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (2012) Legion of Honor – Chevalier (2014)
Scientific career
Fields	Astrophysics
Institutions	University of Virginia
Doctoral advisor	Lyman Spitzer[1]

Trịnh Xuân Thuận (born August 20, 1948) is a Vietnamese-American astrophysicist.

Biography

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Trịnh Xuân Thuận was born in Hanoi, Vietnam. He completed his B.S. at the California Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. at Princeton University. He has taught astronomy at the University of Virginia, where he is a professor, since 1976, and is also a research associate at the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris. He was a founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion.

Thuận was the recipient of UNESCO's Kalinga Prize in 2009 for his work in popularizing science. He received the Kalinga chair award at the 99th Indian Science Congress at Bhubaneswar. In 2012, he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca from the Institut de France.[2] This prize recognizes authors whose work, literary or scientific, constitutes a message of modern humanism.[3] In 2014 Thuận was inducted into the French Legion of Honor as a Chevalier.[4] Thuận's areas of interest are extragalactic astronomy and galaxy formation. His research has focused on the evolution of galaxies and the chemical composition of the universe, and on compact blue dwarf galaxies.

Books for general readers

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• 1992. Le destin de l'univers : Le big bang, et après, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 151), série Sciences et techniques. Paris: Éditions Gallimard.
  • 1993. UK edition – The Changing Universe: Big Bang and After, 'New Horizons' series. London: Thames & Hudson.
  • 1993. US edition – The Birth of the Universe: The Big Bang and After, "Abrams Discoveries" series. New York: Harry N. Abrams.
• 1994. The Secret Melody.
• 2000. Chaos and Harmony.
• 2001. The Quantum and the Lotus. (with Matthieu Ricard)
• 2008. Voyage au cœur de la lumière, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 527), série Sciences et techniques. Paris: Éditions Gallimard.

References

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1. ^ a b c d CV's Trinh Xuan Thuan
2. ^ Trinh Xuan Thuan lauréat du Prix mondial 2012
3. ^ University of Virginia Department of Astronomy News
4. ^ University of Virginia Astronomer Trinh Thuan Awarded French Legion of Honor - University of Virginia News 2014

• Trinh Xuan Thuan and Axel Reisinger, (2000). Chaos and Harmony: Perspectives on Scientific Revolutions of the 20th Century, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-512917-2

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• Trinhxuanthuan.fr
• website Trịnh Xuân Thuận
• Interview about science and Buddhism
• Ba cái chết cho ngôi sao - Trois morts pour l'étoile,
• Détermination de la distance d'une étoile céphéide

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