Divizia de Istoria Științei
This study presents aspects of the life and work of the distinguished man of culture, creator, researcher and historian of Romanian science and technology: Emeritus PhD Prof. Eng. Nicolae P. Leonăchescu (b. 9 June 1934, Stroeşti – Argeş, Romania – … Citeşte mai mult
Mihai Maxim is a voice of Romanian industrial design and especially of vehicle design. The projects belong to several fields of industrial design: car body, furniture, toys, objects and electrical appliances. His way of working and the scale of the … Citeşte mai mult
This article is a continuation of articles published in the journal Studies and Communications/DIS vol. XV/2022 and vol.VI/2023 and in the ACADEMICA Magazine, no. 4–5, April‑May 2023, published by the Romanian Academy, out of a personal desire to evoke the … Citeşte mai mult
Gregor Mendel combined harmoniously his duty as a prelate with his preoccupations with mathematics and the natural sciences.At the Augustinian monastery of St. Thomas of Brno, benefiting from a favorable environment to his scientific aspirations, he began experiments on the … Citeşte mai mult
An important contribution in animal genetics is made by PhD Prof. Constantin N. Vasilescu, from the Higher School of Veterinary Medicine in Bucharest, due to which he becomes a forerunner of therediscovery of Mendel’s laws, but in animals. Wanting to … Citeşte mai mult
eographer Gheorghe Neamu (1935–2021) was a personality known not only in the scientific world, but also by the general public.This is so on account of his participation, as a climatologist‑meteorologist,in the 17th Soviet expedition to Antarctica (1971–1972) and in numerous … Citeşte mai mult
Polish‑born scientist Marie Curie (Marie Skłodowska‑Curie)was a two‑time Nobel Prize winner and the only scientist to have received the award twice for her scientific work in different fields, in physics and chemistry. She lived from 1867 to 1934 and is … Citeşte mai mult
By Nicolae Sfetcu This paper is the Romanian version of the extended article entitled “Discovery of Astatine by Horia Hulubei”, published in the Cunoaşterea Știinţifică [Scientific Knowledge] Journal, 3(3):16–31,2024. The search for new chemical elements was a prominent scientific endeavor … Citeşte mai mult
The history of science and technology has rarely seen areas in which the evolution was so limited to the activity of individuals or small groups of people. Although the appearance of the rocket engine was thousands of years ago, the … Citeşte mai mult
The present study continues the series of studies dedicated to a spectacular house‑museum of the Romanian Academy, namely the Museum of Old Western Art Eng. Dumitru Furnică‑Minovici. In a file inthe Museum’s archive, the author recently discovered a series of … Citeşte mai mult