My friend Ricardo Ferreira, an impressive natural philosopher

Tsallis, Constantino; Sigaud, Xavier

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“…More than just a pioneer researcher in astrobiology-related themes, he helped to develop science in the country, especially chemistry (Ferreira 2007;Tsallis 2008).…”

Section: History Of Brazilian Research In Topics Related To Astrobiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ferreira was awarded with several important prizes in the country; participated in councils of many scientific organizations and was visiting professor in many international universities. More than just a pioneer researcher in astrobiology-related themes, he helped to develop science in the country, especially chemistry (Ferreira 2007; Tsallis 2008).…”

Section: History Of Brazilian Research In Topics Related To Astrobiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Astrobiology in Brazil: early history and perspectives

Rodrigues

Galante

Paulino-Lima

et al. 2012

International Journal of Astrobiology

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This review reports the Brazilian history in astrobiology, as well as the first delineation of a vision of the future development of the field in the country, exploring its abundant biodiversity, highly capable human resources and state-of-the-art facilities, reflecting the last few years of stable governmental investments in science, technology and education, all conditions providing good perspectives on continued and steadily growing funding for astrobiology-related research. Brazil is growing steadily and fast in terms of its worldwide economic power, an effect being reflected in different areas of the Brazilian society, including industry, technology, education, social care and scientific production. In the field of astrobiology, the country has had some important landmarks, more intensely after the First Brazilian Workshop on Astrobiology in 2006. The history of astrobiology in Brazil, however, is not so recent and had its first occurrence in 1958. Since then, researchers carried out many individual initiatives across the country in astrobiology-related fields, resulting in an ever growing and expressive scientific production. The number of publications, including articles and theses, has particularly increased in the last decade, but still counting with the effort of researchers working individually. That scenario started to change in 2009, when a formal group of Brazilian researchers working with astrobiology was organized, aiming at congregating the scientific community interested in the subject and to promote the necessary interactions to achieve a multidisciplinary work, receiving facilities and funding from the University de Sao Paulo and other funding agencies.

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“…More than just a pioneer researcher in astrobiology-related themes, he helped to develop science in the country, especially chemistry (Ferreira 2007;Tsallis 2008).…”

Section: History Of Brazilian Research In Topics Related To Astrobiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: History Of Brazilian Research In Topics Related To Astrobiologymentioning

confidence: 99%