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)
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] Raised in Copacabana in an apartment "where we almost couldn't see the sky" [7] , he and his brothers developed an interest in airplanes and learned to recognize them by sound.

Career

In 1964, Henrique started the engineering course in the Fluminense Federal University, changing after 18 months to physics in PUC-RJ before graduating in 1970. During this time he started to create music as a hobby. [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 maintains research interests in atomic physics, biophysics, the history of science and technology[ spelling? ] and considers himself an experimentalist rather than 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 both do his academic work and his science communication efforts, he gave up his scholarly work. [4]

Santos-Dumont

He is considered an expert on the life 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

For 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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  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.