THE COPERNICAN PRINCIPLE AND THE LONGEVITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND OF THE HUMAN SPECIES
Pearl Pavelescu
Romanian Academy of Scientists
Communication sustained in the Physics Department with
on the occasion of awarding the Jubilee Diploma and the Medal of
Aur, 29.11.2018.
The Copernican principle is a principle that has made its place in the philosophy of science based on the presumption that in nature there are no privileged or special observers for a phenomenon studied. The principle has its origin in the fact that, as Copernicus pointed out, the Earth is by no means a special place, located in the center of the Solar System and around which the Sun would orbit. Moreover, it is only one of the planets orbiting the Sun, and this in turn is only halfway to the center of the Milky Way galaxy, which in turn is just a galaxy in a cloud of galaxies. . Therefore, the Earth is a planet of a multitude of potential planets that may exist in the universe. Moreover, our Universe itself seems to be a member of a multiverse. The planet does not occupy a privileged place in the Universe, being therefore an ordinary one, a rather mediocre planet, rather than a really special one, reason for which the principle is also known as the principle of mediocrity.. …more
Annals of the Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Physics Sciences
Dit. Prof. Dr. Dumitru Mihalache, full member of the department, received the “Galileo Galilei” International Award
Scientific manifestations
Meeting of the Physical Sciences Department within AOSR, October 28, 2015, at 11 a.m., at the AOSR headquarters, “Human Rights” room
Meeting of the Physical Sciences Department within AOSR,
March 26, 2014, 11 a.m., at AOSR headquarters, “Human Rights” hall
Mr. CS 1 Dr. Dorel Bucurescu, full member of AOSR, will support the scientific paper: “ Alpha decay as a tool for nuclear spectroscopy.”
Meeting of the Physical Sciences Department within AOSR,
March 13, 2014, 11 a.m., at AOSR headquarters, “Human Rights” hall
Mr. Prof. Univ. dr. Ştefan Antohe, Dean of the Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, will support the scientific communication: Photovoltaic cells based on organic monomeric and polymeric thin films.
Meeting of the Physical Sciences Department within AOSR,
January 29, 2014, 11 a.m., at AOSR headquarters, “Human Rights” hall
Mrs. CS 1 dr Lidia Magdalena Ciurea, associate member of AOSR, will support the scientific communication: ” Structure and electrical properties versus annealing of Ge nanoparticles embedded in SiO2 matrix”.
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