Evry Leon Schatzman

Background

Schatzman, Evry Leon was born on September 16, 1920 in Neuilly, France. Son of Benjamin and Cecile Sarah (Kahn) Schatzman.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Chaptal, Paris, 1937. Agregation, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, 1946.

Career

Professor University Paris, 1954-1976. Director research Nice Observatory, 1976-1988, Meudon Observatory, 1988-1989. Member Academy of Sciences, France, since 1985.

Achievements

• Achievements include research in gravitational settling of elements in white dwarfs, pressure effect on rate of thermonuclear reactions, role of the isotope helium in stellar energy generation, electromagnetic spin down of stellar rotation, acceleration of cosmic rays by shock waves, transport processes due to gravity waves, and role of mixing in stellar interiors.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Les Enfants d'Uranie, 1988, La Science Menacée, 1990, l'Expansion de l'Univers, 1989, L'outil Theorie, 1992. Contributor numerous articles to professional journals.

Membership

Member Union Rationalist (president since 1970).

Connections

Married Ruth Fisher, June 10, 1943. Children: Anne, David, Michelle. 1 child with Annie Baglin, Jerome.

Father:

Benjamin Schatzman

Mother:

Cecile Sarah (Kahn) Schatzman

Spouse:

Ruth Fisher

child:

Anne Schatzman

child:

David Schatzman

child:

Michelle Schatzman