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Marie Curie
2011: Año Internacional de la Química declarado por la ONU y gestionado por la UNESCO y la IUPAC.
El motivo: la concesión del Premio Nobel de Química a Marie Curie. Su segundo Premio Nobel, tras el primero en Física en 1903. En principio, la Academia Sueca sólo había propuesto a Pierre Curie y a Henri Becquerel para el premio. Pero Pierre se negó a aceptarlo si no se reconocía el trabajo de su esposa Marie. El primer Premio Nobel fue por las investigaciones en radioactividad y el segundo por el aislamiento y caracterización del radio y polonio, dos elementos químicos radioactivos.
Por muchas razones (inteligencia, tenacidad, esfuerzo, se pionera en muchas cosas, ….) Marie Curie es una de las figuras más relevantes de la historia de la ciencia. En este año se ha escrito mucho sobre ella. Yo recomiendo que se lea la biografía que su hija (y albacea), Eva Curie, escribió. El título, sencillo, Madame Curie. El libro se puede puede encontrar en INTERNET ARCHIVE.
Miguel Carreras (Ciencia Viva) acaba de publicar un excelente artículo sobre Marie Curie en el suplemento IDEAR del PERIÓDICO DE ARAGÓN. Aparte de algunos hechos de la vida y obra de Marie Curie, el autor hace unos breves comentarios sobre las películas sobre la gran científica; que aunque no sean obras maestras del cine, pueden servir para recordar algunos pasaje de la vida de Marie Curie.
Hace un par de semanas, me invitaron al acto de graduación de bachillerato del IES Antonio Gaudí (Coslada, Madrid). Entre los diversas temas que traté que pudieran estimular a los jóvenes, hice un breve resumen de los hitos científicos y personales de la vida de Marie Curie. Entre estos últimos, destaqué la modestia personal, la labor humanitaria, su lucha por el bienestar de la humanidad; actitudes que transmitió a sus hijas. La copia de las diapositivas se pueden descargar aquí.
Bernardo Herradón-G.
CSIC

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Reading this in the morning set a good tone for the day, and a quick visit to call-girl kept that good tone going, content can do that sometimes when it hits the right notes and finding sites that consistently strike that tone is something I have learned to recognise and reward with regular visits.
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Reading this prompted a brief but useful conversation with a colleague who happened to walk by, and a stop at zettazen extended that conversational seed, content that becomes a starting point for in person discussion rather than ending in solitary reading is content with social generative energy and this site has plenty of it apparently.
Reading this in the gap between work projects was a small but meaningful break, and a stop at francissmith extended that gentle reset, content that provides genuine refreshment rather than just distraction during work breaks is content with a particular kind of utility and this site fits that role for me reliably during work days.
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Quality writing that respects the reader’s intelligence without overloading them, and a quick look at softsavanna reflected that approach, a balanced thoughtful site that earns trust by being consistent rather than by shouting about how trustworthy it is which is the usual approach online sadly across most content categories.
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Reading carefully this time rather than scanning, and the depth shows up in places I missed first time around, and a look at softthrive rewarded the same careful approach, content that holds up to multiple reads is content I want more of in my regular rotation rather than disposable scroll fodder daily.
Generally my attention drifts on long posts but this one held it through the end, and a stop at solarlink earned the same sustained focus, content that defeats my drift tendency is content with substantive pulling power and this site has demonstrated that pulling power across multiple pieces in a session that has now run quite long actually.
Did not expect much when I clicked through but ended up reading the whole thing carefully, and a stop at a-nz39 kept that engagement going, sometimes the unassuming sites turn out to deliver more than the flashy ones which is something I have learned to look out for over time online lately and across topics.
Decided not to skim despite my usual habit and was rewarded for the discipline, and a stop at larrywatkins earned the same patient approach, training myself to recognise sites that warrant slower reading is part of being a careful online reader and this site is the kind that helps me practice that skill regularly.
Reading this with my morning coffee turned into reading the related posts with my morning coffee, and a stop at synergista stretched the morning further, content that pulls breakfast into a reading session rather than just accompanying it is content that has earned a higher claim on my attention than the average article does.
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Pleasant surprise, the post delivered more than the headline promised, and a stop at bostonclimbers continued that pattern of under promising and over delivering, the rarest combination on the modern web where most content does the opposite by promising the world and delivering thin recycled summaries instead each time you click on something interesting.
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Approaching this with the usual skepticism I bring to new sites and being slowly persuaded, and a stop at flavorfusionforge continued that gradual persuasion, the careful path from skeptical reader to genuine fan is the only one I trust and this site has walked me along that path through patient consistent quality across pieces.
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Found this through a friend who recommended it and now I see why, and a look at appcrown only strengthened that recommendation in my own mind, word of mouth still works for content that actually delivers and this site is clearly earning recommendations the old fashioned way through quality rather than marketing.
Reading this gave me a small refresher on something I had partially forgotten, and a stop at budumaa extended the refresher, content that strengthens existing knowledge rather than just adding new is content with a particular kind of consolidating value and this site is providing that consolidating function across multiple visits.
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Solid recommendation from me to anyone working in the area, the perspective here is grounded, and a look at jaylopez adds even more useful angles, the kind of site that becomes a reference rather than just a one time read which is a higher bar than most blogs ever reach today on the modern web.
Looking forward to seeing what gets published next month, and a look at softpalm extended that anticipation across the broader site, finding myself looking forward to a sites future content rather than just consuming its existing content is a stronger commitment level than I usually reach with new finds and this site triggered that.
Closed the laptop after this and let the ideas settle for a few hours, and a stop at webskins similarly rewarded reflective time, content that benefits from sitting with rather than racing past is the kind I want more of and the kind that this site appears to consistently produce week after week here.
A clear cut above the usual noise on the subject, and a look at blog33mother only made that gap wider in my view, the kind of place that earns its visitors through quality rather than through aggressive marketing or sponsored placements which is increasingly the only way most sites stay afloat across the modern web.
The depth of coverage felt about right for the format, neither shallow nor overwhelming, and a look at halohost kept that calibration going, getting the depth right for blog format is genuinely difficult because too shallow loses experts and too deep loses beginners but this site nailed it nicely which I really do appreciate.
Started believing the writer knew the topic deeply by about the second paragraph, and a look at zealwork reinforced that confidence, the speed at which a writer establishes credibility through their writing is a useful quality signal and this writer establishes it quickly and quietly without resorting to credential dropping or self promotion.
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Generally my comment to other readers about new sites is to wait and see but for this one I would jump to recommend now, and a look at devomega reinforced that early recommendation, the speed at which a site earns my recommendation is itself a quality signal and this one has earned mine quickly clearly.
Looking at this objectively the editorial quality is hard to deny even setting aside personal taste, and a stop at drgregorythompson maintained the same objective quality, the gap between what I personally enjoy and what is objectively well crafted exists and this site clears both bars simultaneously which is rarer than it sounds.
Glad the writer did not feel compelled to cover every possible angle of the topic, focus is a virtue, and a stop at dataspring reflected the same disciplined scope, knowing what to leave out is half of what makes good writing good and this post has clearly been edited with that principle in mind.