Episode 85: The exhibition poster “De que são feitas as coisas?”
The exhibition “De que são feitas as coisas?” (“What are things made of?”) put Técnico on the radar of international research in particle physics in 1981. Taking advantage of the presence of hundreds of physicists at an international conference, it also marked one of the first scientific dissemination activities of great impact designed by José Mariano Gago. The poster “What are things made of?” bears witness to a philosophy that would profoundly transform research and scientific culture in Portugal. Mariano Gago – who long before becoming Minister was a Técnico student, president of the Students’ Union and full professor at Técnico – was beginning to point the way to what would lead to the creation of LIP (1986) and Ciência Viva (1995).
- Acknowledgements:
Ana Noronha
Manuel Heitor
Mário Pimenta
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Further reading and additional audio in the Portuguese version of this webpage.