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A naturalist among geologists

Setembrino Petri showed how microfossils can retell the history of natural landscapes

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Synchrotron light pioneer

Argentine physicist Aldo Craievich played a major role in establishing a community of synchrotron light source users in Brazil and paved the way for glass research

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History on Sundays

As a pioneer in studies on the Brazilian Revolution of 1930, Boris Fausto explored microhistory and his own life history

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Understanding the kidneys

Gerhard Malnic, a highly productive and influential scholar of renal physiology, inspired generations of researchers

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Science, a collective activity

Internationally renowned parasitologist Erney Plessmann de Camargo rebuilt scientific institutions and always showed concern for social issues

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Fascinating archives

Historian Heloísa Bellotto helped modernize document management in Brazil

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Love for the beauty of Portuguese

Cleonice Berardinelli, one of the world's leading experts on Portuguese poets Luís Vaz de Camões and Fernando Pessoa, has died aged 106

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Literacy and social justice

Magda Becker Soares's perspective on childhood literacy influenced the formulation of public policies

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The linguist of language as it is

Going back to the origins of grammar in Ancient Greece, Maria Helena de Moura Neves became an exponent of functionalist studies in Brazil

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Defender of access to science

Biochemist Isaías Raw produced internationally relevant research, actively disseminated knowledge, and contributed to the production of vaccines and immunobiologicals

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Research as a passion and a mission

Herch Moysés Nussenzveig, a scholar of optical phenomena such as the rainbow, defender of science, and physics education enthusiast, died in November, at the age of 90

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A pillar of Brazilian mathematics

As well as an internationally renowned theorist, Luiz Adauto da Justa Medeiros was also a dedicated educator

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An internet visionary

Computer scientist Tadao Takahashi was one of the people responsible for implementing a national computer network in Brazil

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A jurist of the State and society

Dalmo Dallari worked on behalf of human rights since the fight against the military dictatorship

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An affectionate critic

By analyzing writers' archives, Eneida Maria de Souza expanded the scope of literary studies

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Scientist, intellectual, dissident

Physicist Luiz Pinguelli Rosa is remembered as one of the leading architects of Brazil’s energy independence

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The father of flying rivers

Agronomist and climatologist Enéas Salati demonstrated the forest's ability to recycle and export rain

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Two lives dedicated to biodiversity

Thomas Lovejoy and Edward Wilson are unforgettable benchmarks with respect to the importance of nature and conservation

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Science administrator

Marco Antonio Raupp led and helped establish important research institutions in Brazil

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An intellectual in action

Considered one of Brazil’s greatest thinkers, Francisco Weffort was an enthusiastic participant of Brazilian political life

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Philosopher and provocateur

An icon when it comes to research on authors such as Marx and Wittgenstein, José Arthur Giannotti left a legacy of original work and trained generations of researchers

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Solid knowledge

Oswaldo Luiz Alves helped advance inorganic chemistry and nanotechnology in Brazil

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A multipurpose thinker

Gláucio Soares developed pioneering studies in various areas of the social sciences

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Between poetry and technique

Paulo Mendes da Rocha influenced generations and became known around the world as one of Brazil’s most important architects

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A man of ideas

Sérgio Mascarenhas worked in a wide range of fields and helped to found important research institutes and startups in Brazil

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In theory and in practice

An enthusiast of empirical research, Leôncio Martins Rodrigues helped to pioneer social-science studies in Brazil

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The road to excellence

Fulvio Pileggi turned InCor into an important research and medical care institution

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A multifarious critic

Based on a solid philosophical framework, Alfredo Bosi proposed a revision of the literary and cultural history of Brazil

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Interpreter of slavery

Historian Manolo Florentino developed iconic studies on the transatlantic slave trade

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Creator of memories

Born in Argentina, Ivan Izquierdo helped to discover how the brain learns and recovers stored information and shaped generations of Brazilian researchers

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