Henrique Lins de Barros

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Henrique Lins de Barros
Born
Henrique Gomes da Paiva Lins de Barros

(1947-05-30) May 30, 1947 (age 77)
Rio de Janeiro
NationalityBrazilian
Alma mater PUC-RJ
Occupation(s)Biophysicist
writer
biographer
Years active1964-currently
Employer Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas [1]
Known forIs one of the main researchers on Alberto Santos Dumont
SpouseMyriam Moraes Lins de Barros [2]
Children3 [3]
Parents
  • Henry British Lins de Barros Pessoa [3] [2] (father)
  • Eurydice Gomes de Paiva Lins de Barros [2] (mother)
Relatives João Alberto Lins de Barros (uncle) [3]
Awards Order of Aeronautical Merit
Santos-Dumont Merit Medal
National Order of Scientific Merit

Henrique Gomes de Paiva Lins de Barros (Rio de Janeiro, May 30, 1947) is a Brazilian physicist, biophysicist, writer, science communicator, [4] musician, screenwriter, painter and poet. [3]

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Early years

His parents were Henry British (Navy official [3] ) and Eurydice Gomes de Paiva Lins de Barros. [2] His father and uncles played a part in the creation of the CBPF, [3] together with César Lattes, one of the founding members [5] and friend of Lins de Barros family. [6] He was raised in Copacabana, where he developed his interest about airplanes when, together with his brothers, he learned to recognize the noise from the machines, since he lived in an apartment "where we almost couldn't see the sky". [7]

Career

In 1964, Henrique started the engineering course in the Fluminense Federal University, changing after 18 months for a graduation in physics in PUC-RJ in 1970 and during this time he started, as a hobby, to create music. [3] There, he received the diploma as master in atomic theory in 1973, [4] where he also worked as a teacher. [7]

He became Doctor of Physics in the Brazilian Center for Research in Physics in 1978 and was director from the Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins  [ pt ], 1992–2000, [8] where in 1989, he developed an exposition about the scientific question from the 20th century. [4] In the CBPF he works in the subject of biophysics. [4] Where a joint investigation with UFRJ ended in the discovery of a multicellular bacterium. [3]

He's interested about atomic physics, biophysics, history of science, history of technics[ spelling? ] and consider himself as an experimental researcher, instead of a theorist. [3]

Science communication

He started as a science communicator during the Brazilian military dictatorship during the 80s and also participated in conferences. [4] Since he could not conciliate his work with his science communication efforts, he had to give up his productivity scholarship. [4]

Santos-Dumont

He is considered the expert in the live and work of Alberto Santos Dumont, having written four books about the Brazilian and is considered reference in Brazil and the rest of the world. [4] [3] His interest about this character started in the 80s, when he saw a replica of the 1909 Demoiselle, and started researching about the Dumont and his plane, with the goal to create a small scale replica for himself. He also challenges the idea that the Wright Brothers invented the airplane and agrees that this controversy in the country is a failure from the Brazilian science communication. [4] According to him, there are a political pressure to talk about the Wright's and happened a clear campaign in the end of 1930s in for the Americans, despise it "doesn't have any historical basis", due the fact that the brothers never had "understood what is to takeoff", according to the researcher. [7]

With CNPJ investment, in 1985, he went to France to research about Santos Dumont thanks to a movie project from Tizuka Yamasaki and thanks all the data re compiled, in 1986 he wrote his first book, "Santos-Dumont". [3] The movie was ultimately scrapped due budget constraints, but he was the screenwriter and composer of Nelson Hoineff  [ pt ] documentary, "O homem pode voar" (2003). [4] [3]

In 2005, he participated in the construction of a 14-bis replica by Alan Calassa. [3] In 2014 he took office as chief from the Museum of Environment. [9]

Awards

Thanks his research about Santos Dumont, Henrique Lins the Barros was awarded with Order of Aeronautical Merit as Grand-Officer on October 23, 2007. He also received the Santos-Dumont Merit Medal, National Order of Scientific Merit [7] and the Medalha 20 anos da Ciência Hoje. [9]

Works

Partial listing:

BARROS, Henrique Gomes de Paiva Lins de. Santos Dumont: o homem voa! Rio de Janeiro: Contraponto, 2000.

__________. Santos Dumont e a invenção do vôo. Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar Editor, 2003.

__________. Desafio de voar. São Paulo: Metalivros, 2006.

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References

  1. ↑ José Rafael Sica (November 12, 2012). "Santos Dumont: Cientista e Inventor" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Henrique Lins de Barros" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Neldson Marcolin (August 2007). "Henrique Lins de Barros: Do átomo ao avião" (in Brazilian Portuguese) (137 ed.). Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "O homem que sabia voar" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on May 2, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  5. ↑ Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade (March 2007). "Diálogo equacionado" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on January 15, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  6. ↑ Henrique Lins de Barros (2005). "O insondável e as razões da coincidência" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on April 4, 2005. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Henrique Lins de Barros, do CBPF, é agraciado com a Ordem do Mérito Aeronáutico no grau de Grande-Oficial" (in Brazilian Portuguese). October 25, 2017. Archived from the original on May 2, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Henrique Gomes de Paiva Lins de Barros" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on August 28, 2008.
  9. 1 2 "Físico Henrique Lins de Barros assume a chefia do Museu do Meio Ambiente" (in Brazilian Portuguese). January 2014. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
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