Trinh Xuan Thuan

Trinh Xuan Thuan

Prof Trinh, Xuan Thuan (born 1948 in Hanoi, Vietnam) has been a professor of astronomy at the University of Virginia since 1976 and is one of the founding members of the International Society for Science and Religion. He is an astrophysicist whose research focuses on extragalactic astronomy. He has written many articles on galaxy formation and evolution.

He is the author of several books for the general public including The Birth of the Universe (1993) and The Secret Melody (1994). His latest book Chaos and Harmony, a best-seller in France, was published in English in 2000.

External links

* [http://www.astro.virginia.edu/people/faculty/txt/ website Trịnh Xuân Thuận]
* [http://www.stnews.org/Commentary-1889.htm Interview about science and Buddhism]
* [http://vietsciences.free.fr/giaokhoa/vatly/thienvan/gstrinhxuanthuan/bacaichetchongoisao.htm Ba cái chết cho ngôi sao - Trois morts pour l'étoile] ,
* [http://vietsciences.free.fr/giaokhoa/vatly/thienvan/gstrinhxuanthuan/determinationdistance_etoilecepheide.htm Détermination de la distance d'une étoile céphéide]


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