The book “As Pedras na Ciência e na Cultura”, by A. M. Galopim de Carvalho, was presented at the Dom Manuel Palace, with the presence of the author, by Carlos Pinto de Sá and Eduardo Luciano. It fell to Rui Dias, professor at the University of Évora, to present the book.
“Stone and rock are two ways of saying the same thing. But, as a rule, they are used in different speeches. We pick up a rock from the ground, but when we study, we almost always talk about rocks”.
«As Pedras na Ciência e na Cultura» is not a textbook. Never losing sight of the scientific rigor of the topics discussed, he opts for the freedom of exhibition, preferred by the author. Supported by years of experience, he often uses the colloquial format that has always brought him closer to readers and does not avoid, in one or another exhibition, a certain poetic intentionality.
António Marcos Galopim de Carvalho, retired full professor, is a Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Évora. He holds a PhD in Sedimentology (University of Paris) and Geology (University of Lisbon), having taught at the Faculties of Science of Lisbon and Faculties of Arts in Lisbon. He directed the National Museum of Natural History (1992-2003), signed “a vast scientific, popular and fiction bibliography”, with 30 books published and hundreds of articles in scientific magazines and newspapers, having also received several awards and decorations. The researcher promoted the dissemination and preservation of the national geological heritage and promoted the scientific study of dinosaurs in Portugal and at UNESCO level.
