“Seven Brief Lessons on Physics” is most definitely a vast journey in the deepest science you could imagine. Rovelli acts as a sort of guide that leads the reader through the complexity of Nature. We live in a very strange world, governed by very strange rules. The writer explains that, on one hand, the universe …
Good morning EUROAVIAns,in today’s Fact Friday we talk innovative aircraft solutions. The aerospace giant Airbus has revealed three concepts of zero-carbon emission commercial aircrafts that are planned to be put into service by 2035. Their main purpose is to reduce environmental pollution, since airplanes are one of the biggest polluters on the globe. These concepts …
In 2035, where robots are common-place and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger. Human beings have dreams. Even dogs have dreams, but not you. You are …
25 September 2020 | 20.00 | Caffetteria Ravaldino, Forlì We are glad to invite you to our Welcome Event for the Associative Year 2020-2021!Come along to meet us and get to know each other, talk about the opportunities EUROAVIA can offeryou, our past events and experiences, our projects for this year and, of course, drink a beer together! The first 10 of …
Good morning EUROAVIAns,in today’s Fact Friday we talk about telescope. The James Webb Space Telescope is a space telescope that is planned to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope as NASA’s flagship astrophysics mission. When launched, in March 2021, Webb will be the largest, most powerful and complex space telescope ever built and launched into space …
Good morning EUROAVIAns,in today’s Fact Friday we talk about the SR-71, one of the most beautiful aircraft ever made, usually also referred to as Blackbird due to its characteristic colour. During its missions, the SR-71 operated at speeds and altitudes so high, that the standard evasive action in the case a surface-to-air missile launch was …
Good morning EUROAVIAns,in today’s Fact Friday we retrace the history about one of the bravest man of aviation: Chuck Yeager. Late 40s, Muroc Army Air Field, CA.With WWII over, Army Air Force desert station was destined to become a proving ground for aircraft and a testing site for experimental airplanes. Here, some of the first …
Good morning EUROAVIAns,in today’s Fact Friday we talk the British chemist Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994). At the age of 10 she started to display her interest in crystals and she was encouraged to pursue this passion, especially by her mother. Sent to England for her education, Dorothy fought to study science along with the …
Good morning EUROAVIAns,in today’s Fact Friday we talk about one of the most amazing animal phenomena from a mathematical point of view: the flight of bees. The physics behind the way bees fly has always been a mystery and a subject of different studies. Until 1990, scientists thought that their wings worked in a similar …
Good morning EUROAVIAns,in today’s Fact Friday we talk about our lovely moon. The Moon has been our natural satellite for the past 4.5 billion years, yet we got to know what’s on its other side only recently, with the advent of the space exploration era. But how did a whole 19 million square kilometres elude …
Good morning EUROAVIAns,in today’s Fact Friday we talk about the history of stellar classification and the women who developed it. In 1901, in Harvard, the scientist Edward Charles Pickering assembled a team of women to map and classify the different types of stars. The leader of the team was the astronomer Annie Jump Cannon, who …