Conveners
EurASc Symposium (session 1)
- Paul Rene Michel Lecoq (CERN)
Since ancient times, human curiosity has led us to wonder about our place in the cosmos. Greek philosophers were convinced that an infinite number of “worlds” existed in the universe. And they already evoked the possibility that some of these “worlds” could harbor living species. In today's terms: do planets exist around other stars? Is life present elsewhere than on our Earth? Modern...
The presentation will focus on the common features that can be understood in the missions of the European Engineering Academies, which are associated with the mission of Euro-CASE, The European Council of Academies of Applied Sciences, Technologies and Engineering, currently made up of 22 Academies of European countries, of which the Portuguese Academy is a member.
In a broad view, the...
Progress in fundamental science allows us to get a deeper understanding of how Nature works through great scientific discoveries. Over the centuries this understanding has very much altered the way we live – giving us a better life – providing us with paradigm shifting technologies. From electricity and semiconductor electronics to telecommunications, medical imaging, GPS, and even the World...