Paul Couderc (15 July 1899 – 5 February 1981) was a French academic who held mathematics professorships at lycées in Chartres (1926–1929) and Paris (1930–1944).[1][2]
Biography
editCouderc completed his education at lycées in Nevers and Dijon, followed by a doctorate in mathematical sciences from the École Normale Supérieure in Paris.[3] In 1926, he married Blanch Jurus.[3]
Throughout his career, Couderc authored approximately fifteen works in the field of astronomy.[3] He provided an interpretation for the phenomena of light echoes around Nova Persei (1901), specifically their perceived superluminal expansion.[3] This geometrical explanation later found application in the study of supernovae, quasars, and γ-ray bursts.[3]
Awards and recognition
editReferences
edit- ^ Marché, Jordan D. (2007). "Couderc, Paul". The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. p. 258. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_308. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0.
- ^ "Couderc, Paul (1899-1981) -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography".
- ^ a b c d e Marché, Jordan D. (2014). "Couderc, Paul". Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. pp. 471–472. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_308. ISBN 978-1-4419-9916-0.
- ^ Couderc.