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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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Historian between two worlds

Shozo Motoyama developed benchmark research projects about the history of science and Japanese immigration in Brazil

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João Steiner’s legacy

The USP astrophysicist studied black holes and created partnerships giving Brazil access to large international telescopes

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The pharmacy of plants

Elisaldo Carlini, a pioneer in the study of medicinal plants and cannabis compounds, dies at 90 years of age

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A scholar of economic policies

The career of Carlos Lessa, a professor at UFRJ and former president of BNDES, merged academic discipline with politics

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The aggregator of knowledge and people

Physicist Roberto Salmeron was a professor at École Polytechnique and one of the founders of UnB

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A dialectical interpreter

Based in France, Ruy Fausto was considered one of the most important Brazilian theorists of Marxism

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Skillful surgeon, resourceful inventor

Domingo Braile developed medical devices and introduced heart surgery in small-town São Paulo

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A thinker of development

Wilson Cano was one of the founders of the UNICAMP Institute of Economics and a scholar of industrialization in Brazil

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The machine man

Engineer and physicist Ricardo Rodrigues was the designer of Sirius, the most complex and versatile research instrument ever built in Brazil

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An anthropologist of violence

Alba Zaluar, a pioneer in crime and social policy studies, dies at 77

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Democratic aspirations

Developing a stable political system was a lifetime concern for Wanderley Guilherme dos Santos

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Paradoxes of progress

Analyzing the contradictions of capitalist development was the hallmark of sociologist Francisco de Oliveira's career

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A devout mathematician

Maurício Peixoto was one of the founders of IMPA

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News with reflection

Maria da Graça Mascarenhas helped to create Pesquisa FAPESP

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Policies for the future

Bee researcher Paulo Nogueira-Neto was one of the leading environmental policy makers in Brazil

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Development planning

Economist João Paulo dos Reis Velloso founded FINEP and cocreated IPEA

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Avant-garde sociologist

Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz is remembered for her capacity to reflect on little-known aspects of the country, such as messianic movements

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