French photographer, reporter and writer
Serge Brunier |
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| Born | 1958 (age 66–67)
Paris, France |
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| Occupation(s) | Photographer, reporter, and writer |
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Serge Brunier (born 1958 in Paris) is a French photographer, reporter, and writer who has specialized in popular depictions of astronomical subjects.
Brunier works together with the magazineScience et Vie and is a columnist of the radio stationFrance Info. He has written a large number of illustrated works regarding astronomy.
He campaigns for an exploration of theSolar System through unmannedspacecraft, but fights againstcrewed spaceflight.[1]
In his illustrated bookSolar System Voyage, he describes the situations on theplanets, and how a hypothetical voyager would experience them.
Brunier created a panoramic photograph of theMilky Way in theAtacama desert over two years; it was shown at his first exposition in the Monte Carlo Casino in 2006, and in 2007 at the Palais de la Découverte in Paris with its one hundred million pixels fit onto 144 square meters.
The International Astronomical Union has named theasteroid 10943 after Brunier in recognition of his services in the advancement of science.[2]
The Concise Atlas of the Stars
[edit]Published in 2005 atFirefly Books Ltd., Brunier'sConcise Atlas of the Stars helps to identify specific stars,nebulas, andgalaxies by large photographs and transparent overlays, in particular of the most important constellations. It informs about location,luminosity, and dimensions as well as about when a specific object of the night sky can best be observed.[3]
- 1986Prix Montyon (forArchitecture de l'Univers)
- 1994 Henri Rey Prize (through theSocieté Astronomique de France)
- 1997 French prize for the best astronomical book of the year
- 2007 French prize for the best astronomical book of the year
- Nébuleuses et galaxies, atlas du ciel profond. Dunod, 1981
- Les Planètes. Bordas, Paris 1982 (withAndré de Cayeux)
- Architecture de l'Univers. Bordas, Paris 1985
- Astronomie du ciel profond. Dunod, 1988
- Éclipses – Les rendez-vous célestes. Bordas, Paris 1999 (withJean-Pierre Luminet)
- Voyage dans le système solaire. Bordas, Paris 2000
- Le grand atlas des étoiles. Bordas, Paris 2001
- Les grands observatoires du monde. Bordas, Paris 2002 (withAnne-Marie Lagrange)
- Le grand atlas de la Lune.Éditions Larousse, Paris 2004 (withThierry Legault)
- Atacama – Désert d'altitude. Nathan, Paris 2004
- Observer Mars. Éditions Larousse, Paris 2005
- Impasse de l'espace – À quoi servent les astronautes.Éditions du Seuil, 2006
- Voyage dans l'infini du ciel étoilé. Nathan, Paris 2006
- Solar System Voyage. Cambridge University Press
- The Great Atlas of the Stars. (2001)
- The Concise Atlas of the Stars. (2005)[3]
- New Atlas of the Moon. (withThierry Legault)
- Great Observatories of the World. (withAnne-Marie Lagrange)
- Glorious Eclipses: Their Past, Present, and Future. Cambridge University Press (with Jean-Pierre Luminet, Storm Dunlop)
- Space Odyssey. The First Forty Years of Space Exploration.
- Majestic Universe. Views from Here to Infinity. Cambridge University Press
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