"Paint-On Solar Cells"

"Paint-On Solar Cells"

Abaixo encontram um exemplo de como jovens de 16 anos sonham em revolucionar o mundo desenvolvendo uma tinta de material com propriedades fotovoltaicas. Recordo-me de ter feito com essa idade um trabalho na disciplina de Economia que pretendia resolver o problema da...

Ideal e Real

De acordo com a 2a Lei da Termodinâmica, uma eficiência é sempre a aproximação entre o real (onde se gera entropia por irreversibilidades) e o ideal (isentrópico). Isomorficamente, sem ideal ou ideais, o real não tem termo de comparação e deixamos de distinguir o que...

Science and Moral view

Benedict XVI says to scientists of the Pontifical Academy for Life, but works for any scientist:”The shape that you have given your work manifests that confidence that the Church has always placed in the possibility of human reason and in a scientific...

Rethinking Darwin …

In 2009, a Congress about Darwin and Culture was held at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Portuguese Catholic University in Braga. In that conference I presented a paper dedicated to “Rethinking Darwin in Light of a Culture of Communion” which I share...
Design without Designer points to Creator

Design without Designer points to Creator

In his recent book “Design in Nature”, Adrian Bejan feels the necessity to clarify how “finding design in nature” has nothing to do with thinking about an Intelligent Designer. He says right at the beginning “Over time, I would develop a...