Nathalie Deruelle (born 1952) is a French physicist specializing in

general relativity General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity and Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915 and is the current description of gravitation in modern physics ...

and known for her research on the

two-body problem in general relativity The two-body problem in general relativity is the determination of the motion and gravitational field of two bodies as described by the field equations of general relativity. Solving the Kepler problem is essential to calculate the bending of lig ...

and on

cosmological perturbation theory In physical cosmology, cosmological perturbation theory is the theory by which the ''evolution of structure'' is understood in the Big Bang model. It uses general relativity to compute the gravitational forces causing small perturbations to grow an ...

Education and career

Deruelle began her studies at the

École normale supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

in 1971, earned an

agrégation In France, the ''agrégation'' () is a competitive examination for civil service in the French public education system. Candidates for the examination, or ''agrégatifs'', become ''agrégés'' once they are admitted to the position of ''professe ...

in 1975, then, after visiting positions at the

European Space Agency , owners = , headquarters = Paris, Île-de-France, France , coordinates = , spaceport = Guiana Space Centre , seal = File:ESA emblem seal.png , seal_size = 130px , image = Views in the Main Control Room (1205 ...

and the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, completed a doctorate in 1982 at

Pierre and Marie Curie University Pierre and Marie Curie University (french: link=no, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, UPMC), also known as Paris 6, was a public university, public research university in Paris, France, from 1971 to 2017. The university was located on the Jussi ...

. Formerly a director of research for the

French National Centre for Scientific Research The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...

, associated with

Paris Diderot University Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7 (french: Université Paris Diderot), was a French university located in Paris, France. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 197 ...

, she is now listed as a researcher emeritus.

Books

Deruelle is the author of books including: *''Relativity in Modern Physics'' (with Jean-Philippe Uzan, 2018) *''Les ondes gravitationnelles'' (with Jean-Pierre Lasota, 2018) *''De Pythagore à Einstein, tout est nombre : la relativité générale, 25 siècles d'histoire'' (2015) *''Théories de la relativité'' (with Jean-Philippe Uzan, 2014)

Recognition

Deruelle was named a Fellow of the

International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation The International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) is a learned society established in 1971 with the goal to promote research on general relativity (GR) and gravitation. To that end, it encourages communication between relativi ...

in 2013 "for her contributions to the two-body problem in general relativity and to relativistic cosmology".

References

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