The Science in Science-Fiction
For all of our more academic-minded fans, we are planning a set of lectures that we believe will be right up your alley! While we can't advance the titles of said lectures (seeing as Professors are a group notorious for their abundance of ideas), we can nonetheless introduce you to our confirmed lecturers!
First we'd like to introduce you to the true Portuguese Time Lord, Professor of Physics at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), and the Director of Lisbon's Astronomical Observatory (OAL), Professor Rui Agostinho. Professor Agostinho is responsible by the maintenance of the legal hour in Portugal and by the set up, in 2010, of the High Security Time Center.
Be sure to follow his facebook page and visit the Lisbon's Astronomical Observatory website!
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Second on our list is one of the pioneers in History of Technology in Portugal, focusing on the study of History of Science and Technology, from the 18th century to the 20th century, Professor Maria Paula Diogo. Professor Diogo is presently the President of the Applied Social Sciences Department at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology on the New University of Lisbon (FCT/UNL), and the Coordinator of the UNL hub of the Interuniversity Center of History of Sciences and Technology (CIUHCT).
If you'd like to know more about Professor Maria Paula Diogo, check out her FCT/UNL and her CIUHCT pages!
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Another member of CIUHCT, Professor Christopher Auretta, is well know in the academic circles of science-fiction.
Professor Auretta is a doctorate of the University of California, USA, and lectures at the FCT/UNL where he organizes seminars on Contemporary Thought and in the area of Science and Literature.
He is also a known author, having recently published two books “Em Torno do Cinema” and “Álvaro de Campos”.
If you'd like to know more about Professor Christopher Auretta, visit his FCT/UNL and his CIUHCT pages.
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A new addition this year is Professor Luís Correia, Head of the Computer Science Department of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL).
Professor Correia is also the Coordinator of the Agent and Systems Modelling (MAS) research group of Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI) research center at FCUL.
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Lastly, but never least, we will have a lecture from the wonderful team at Psinove.
"Psinove - We Innovate Psychology" is a company whose primary objective is to renew the way psychology is done, bringing closer the Psychology of People and Organizations.
Check out their website for more information!