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move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia french astronomer and astrophysicist 1923 2020 professor jean claude pecker pecker in 1973 born 1923 05 10 10 may 1923 reims france died 20 february 2020 2020 02 20 aged 96 île d yeu france education lycée michel de montaigne alma mater école normale supérieure university of bordeaux university of grenoble awards prix jules janssen 1957 three physicists prize 1969 commander of the legion of honour grand cross of the national order of merit commander of the ordre des palmes académiques scientific career fields theoretical astrophysics workplaces professor emeritus at the collège de france paris jean claude pecker 10 may 1923 20 february 2020 1 was a french astronomer astrophysicist and author member of the french academy of sciences and director of the nice observatory he served as the secretary general of the international astronomical union from 1964 to 1967 pecker was the president of the société astronomique de france saf the french amateur astronomical society from 1973 1976 2 he was awarded the prix jules janssen by the french astronomical society in 1967 a minor planet 1629 pecker is named after him 3 pecker was a vocal opponent of astrology and pseudo science 4 5 and was the president of the association française pour l information scientifique afis a skeptical organisation which promotes scientific enquiry in the face of quackery and obscurantism early life edit jean claude pecker was born 10 may 1923 in reims to victor noël pecker and nelly catherine née hermann a teacher of philosophy and literature in the department of marne france 6 the grandson of joseph hermann rabbi of valenciennes and later reims pecker was born in his maternal grandparents house moving later to bordeaux in the summer of 1941 they moved to the hermann house in paris because of anti jewish restrictions placed on his parents during the vichy regime 7 in may 1944 both his parents were transported to auschwitz where they died while his grandmother absent during the raid was hidden by neighbour ida barrett who was later designated by the state of israel as one of the righteous among the nations for her actions to conceal the old lady until the liberation of paris 8 pecker was interested in astronomy from a young age he studied at the lycée michel de montaigne de bordeaux but was forced to go into hiding during the second world war 9 after the liberation of france he attended the école normale supérieure in paris in october 1946 he joined the institut d astrophysique de paris and studied for the agrégation of physics and chemistry 10 where he studied under and had his doctoral thesis judged by nobel prize winning physicist alfred kastler he earned his doctorate in may 1950 11 at the institut d astrophysique he got to know and shared an office with evry schatzman with whom he collaborated for many years 10 professional career edit pecker in 1970 from 1952 to 1955 pecker was associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the university of clermont ferrand from early in his career he held many international appointments including fellow of the high altitude observatory in colorado usa 10 12 in 1955 he became astronomer for the paris observatory followed by director of the nice observatory in 1961 in 1963 pecker became professor of theoretical astrophysics at the collège de france in paris a position he held until 1988 when he became honorary professor he was also director of the french national centre for scientific research cnrs institute of astrophysics from 1972 1978 13 his main fields of work within astrophysics were solar and stellar atmospheres and sun earth interactions he was also known for questioning the standard big bang theory positing alternative but partial solutions a quasi static model 5 and was signatory with 33 other scientists to an open letter to the scientific community expressing concern over the dominance of the big bang and expansion of the universe theories they complained that the tired light theory in particular was generally discounted or ignored by most cosmologists at the time of writing 12 positions held edit 1952 1955 professor at the faculty of science university of clermont ferrand 1955 1962 astronomer of the paris observatory 1962 1969 director of the nice observatory 1963 1988 professor of theoretical astrophysics at the collège de france and honorary professor thereafter 11 1964 1967 general secretary of the société astronomique de france and president thereafter until 1976 1964 1967 general secretary of the iau international astronomical union 1972 1979 director of the french national centre for scientific research cnrs institute of astrophysics 14 1978 president of the french association for the advancement of science 1983 1985 president of the comité d orientation du musée de la villette 1986 1988 president of the comité national de culture scientifique et technique 1988 vice chair of the scientific committee of the musées de france 6 1989 1992 vice president of the academia europaea 12 1990 1996 vice president of the french unesco committee 13 and thereafter permanent representative to unesco of the international humanist and ethical union iheu 1999 2001 president of the association française pour l information scientifique 6 in the 1950s pecker spent a year as associate fellow of the high altitude observatory at boulder colorado 12 pecker was also associate member of the royal society of science liege associate of the royal astronomical society member of the national academy of bordeaux the royal academies for science and the arts of belgium the european academy of sciences and arts 6 and honorary associate of rationalist international 15 member of the academia europaea and sat on the international advisory board of the institute for science and human values pecker was also a member of the international astronomical union iau 16 publications edit pecker wrote and co wrote many books and over 700 academic papers on subjects such as cosmology astronomy astrophysics human rights pseudo science poetry and art he also presented paintings at exhibitions in france 17 he also wrote popular science articles and books for the general public some of which have been translated into other languages his books include the sky 1959 astrophysique générale with evry schatzman 1959 the orion book of the sky translated by william d o gorman 1960 contribution to the spectral type theory iv formation of lines in stellar spectra 1963 experimental astronomy translated by robert kandel 1970 space observatories astrophysics and space science library 1970 papa dis moi qu est ce que c est que l astronomie 1971 book republished in january 2022 by z4 éditions 18 stellar paths photographic astrometry with long focus instruments 1981 clefs pour l astronomie 1981 understanding the universe the impact of space astronomy ed west 1983 sous l étoile soleil 1984 astronomie flammartion 1986 building a world community humanism in the 21st century ed paul kurtz 1989 the future of the sun translated maurice robine 1990 pour comprendre l univers w delsemme reeves 1988 l avenir du soleil 1990 le promeneur du soleil 1992 le soleil est une étoile 1992 the mars effect with claude benski 1996 understanding the heavens 30 centuries of astronomical ideas from ancient thinking to modern cosmology english edition 2001 la photographie astronomique 2004 current issues in cosmology cambridge university press 2006 19 foreword of scientific literature edit pierre bayart la méridienne de france et l aventure de sa prolongation jusqu aux baléares paris l harmattan coll acteurs de la science 2007 250 p isbn 978 2 296 03874 5 serge rochain histoire de la mesure des distances cosmiques de hipparque à hubble londres iste éditions coll histoire des sciences et des techniques 2016 222 p isbn 978 1 78405 201 0 arkan simaan la science au péril de sa vie les aventuriers de la mesure du monde paris adapt vuibert coll histoire des sciences 2001 206 p isbn 2 909680 41 x arkan simaan l image du monde de newton à einstein paris adapt vuibert coll histoire des sciences 2005 152 p isbn 2 909680 67 3 humanism edit pecker was vice president of the french unesco committee in 1990 afterwards becoming a french permanent representative to unesco on behalf of the international humanist and ethical union iheu an organisation which reflected his humanist approach to his life s work pecker spoke out against the governments punitive immigration laws publicly supporting the national coordination of sans papiers cnsp organisation 20 he was awarded the international humanist award for services to humanism from the international humanist and ethical union iheu in 2005 and acted as a permanent representative to unesco on behalf of the iheu 13 pecker was also a laureate of the international academy of humanism 21 personal life edit pecker married charlotte wimel in 1947 with whom he had three children martine kemeny daniel and laure they divorced in 1964 in 1974 he married anne marie vormser who died in 2002 in addition to his scientific disciplines pecker also wrote poetry and created works of art citation needed when asked what astrophysics is for he replied nothing fortunately astrophysics brings no financial reward but nowadays the only reward that counts is economic astrophysics is used to understand the universe it is essentially an intellectual discipline for the pleasure of understanding the pleasure of knowing for the accumulation of knowledge astrophysics is for creating happiness 11 awards edit commander of the légion d honneur grand cross of the national order of merit france commander of the ordre des palmes académiques 1966 manley bendall prize from the academy of bordeaux 1967 jules janssen prize the highest award for astronomy from the french astronomical society saf 1967 janssen medal for significant advances in the field of astrophysics 6 1969 three physicists prize 1972 medal from the university of nice 1973 prix jean perrin for popularising science to the general public 22 1977 member of the french academy of sciences 1981 medaille de l adion of the nice observatory 1983 rationalist union prize 1984 personalité de l année 1996 stroobant prize from the royal academies for science and the arts of belgium 1996 lodén prize from the royal society of sciences in uppsala 2005 international humanist award for services to humanism from the international humanist and ethical union iheu pecker also has a minor planet 1629 named in his honour discovered by l boyer 3 france portal external links edit pecker biography at the collège de france bibliothèque nationale de france french national library author reference pecker biography at the association française pour l information scientifique references edit disparition de jean claude pecker astrophysicien et professeur émérite au collège de france in french collège de france retrieved 21 february 2020 list of presidents of the 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