Maurice Lévy (physicist)

Maurice Lévy
4th president of the French Space Agency
In office
1973–1976
Preceded byJean-François Denisse
Succeeded byHubert Curien
Personal details
Born(1922-09-07)7 September 1922
Tlemcen, French Algeria
Died13 April 2022(2022-04-13) (aged 99)
France
EducationUniversity of Algiers
University of Paris
Known forSigma model
Scientific career
InstitutionsÉcole normale supérieure
Pierre and Marie Curie University

Maurice Marc Lévy (7 September 1922 – 13 April 2022) was a French theoretical physicist known for his work on the Sigma model in particle physics. He was president of the CNES from 1973 to 1976.