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Vietnamese-American scientist wins UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize

Vietnamese-American astrophysicist Trinh Xuan Thuan is one of the two winners of UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize for the Popularisation of Science 2009.
Vietnamese-American astrophysicistTrinh Xuan Thuan is one of the two winners of UNESCO’s Kalinga Prizefor the Popularisation of Science 2009.

This year’s prize will also be given to physicist and educatorYash Pal from India at the World Science Day in Budapest on November 5.

Thuan, born in 1948 in Ha Noi, is well-known for his studies inastronomy in the US and around the world. His research has focused onthe evolution of galaxies and the chemical composition of the universe.

He has taught astronomy at the University of Virginia since 1976.He is also the author of several books including The Birth of theUniverse in 1993 and Chaos and Harmony in 2000, best-seller in France.

The UNESCO Kalinga Prize was created in 1952, following a donationfrom Bijoyanand Patnaik, founder and president of the KalingaFoundation Trust in India.

It is given to a person who has had a distinguished career as awriter, lecture or film producer to help interpret science, researchand technology to the public. Many of the awardees are scientists aswell./.
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