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This book offers a fascinating account of the life and scientific achievements of Giovanni Domenico Cassini, or Cassini I, the most famous astronomer of his time, who is remembered today especially for his observations of the rings and satellites of Saturn and his earlier construction of the great meridian line in the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna. The various stages of his life are recounted in an engaging style, from his early childhood in Perinaldo and his time at the famous Jesuit College in Genoa, to his later experiences in Bologna and Paris. The emphasis, however, is on the scientific side of his life. The book explores his impressive body of work in diverse fields while also drawing attention to the international character of his endeavors, the rigor of his research, and his outstanding management skills, which combined to make him an early embodiment of the “European scientist.” It was also these abilities that gained him the attention of the most powerfu l king in Europe, Louis XIV of France (the “Sun King”), under the auspices of whom he set up the Paris Observatory in 1671. He would go on to serve as Director of the Observatory, where he would make the majority of his scientific discoveries, for the rest of his life.

Popular works. --- History. --- Astronomy. --- Astrophysics. --- Cosmology. --- Popular Science. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- History of Science. --- Astronomers --- Cassini, Giovanni Domenico, --- Cassini, --- Cassinus, Joannes Domenicus, --- Cassini, Jean-Dominique, --- Cassini, Gian Domenico, --- Cassini, Gio. Domenico, --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics

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This book offers a fascinating account of the life and scientific achievements of Giovanni Domenico Cassini, or Cassini I, the most famous astronomer of his time, who is remembered today especially for his observations of the rings and satellites of Saturn and his earlier construction of the great meridian line in the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna. The various stages of his life are recounted in an engaging style, from his early childhood in Perinaldo and his time at the famous Jesuit College in Genoa, to his later experiences in Bologna and Paris. The emphasis, however, is on the scientific side of his life. The book explores his impressive body of work in diverse fields while also drawing attention to the international character of his endeavors, the rigor of his research, and his outstanding management skills, which combined to make him an early embodiment of the “European scientist.” It was also these abilities that gained him the attention of the most powerfu l king in Europe, Louis XIV of France (the “Sun King”), under the auspices of whom he set up the Paris Observatory in 1671. He would go on to serve as Director of the Observatory, where he would make the majority of his scientific discoveries, for the rest of his life.

Science --- Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) --- Space research --- Cosmology --- History --- wetenschapsgeschiedenis --- astrofysica --- popularisering wetenschap --- geschiedenis --- ruimte (astronomie) --- astronomie --- kosmologie --- Louis XIV [King of France] --- Cassini, Giovanni Domenico --- anno 1500-1599

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Taking inspiration from Siv Cedering’s poem in the form of a fictional letter from Caroline Herschel that refers to “my long, lost sisters, forgotten in the books that record our science”, this book tells the lives of twenty-five female scientists, with specific attention to astronomers and mathematicians. Each of the presented biographies is organized as a kind of "personal file" which sets the biographee’s life in its historical context, documents her main works, highlights some curious facts, and records citations about her. The selected figures are among the most representative of this neglected world, including such luminaries as Hypatia of Alexandra, Hildegard of Bingen, Elisabetha Hevelius, and Maria Gaetana Agnesi. They span a period of about 4000 years, from En HeduAnna, the Akkadian princess, who was one of the first recognized female astronomers, to the dawn of the era of modern astronomy with Caroline Herschel and Mary Somerville. The book will be of interest to all who wish to learn more about the women from antiquity to the nineteenth century who played such key roles in the history of astronomy and science despite living and working in largely male-dominated worlds.

Astrophysics --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Women in astronomy --- History. --- Astronomy --- Astrophysics. --- Astronomy. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- History of Science. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Astronomical physics --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Women astronomers --- Women in mathematics --- Women mathematicians --- Women in science --- Women scientists --- Minorities in science --- Science --- Women as mathematicians --- Mathematicians --- Mathematics --- Astronomers --- Women physical scientists --- Space sciences. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Physics. --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology

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This book highlights the different aspects of the research project “E4C Horizon 2020 European Project” aimed at fighting the coronavirus by combining the best supercomputing resources and artificial intelligence with state-of-the-art experimental facilities up through clinical validation. Coronavirus disease has become an important public issue across the globe since December 2019. There is an urgent need to develop potent anti-COVID-19 agents for the prevention of the outbreak and stop viral infections. To this aim, a public–private consortium composed by European and national infrastructures, center of excellence, universities, and a pharmaceutical company started the E4C Horizon 2020 European Project: Its core idea was to use the EXaSCale smArt pLatform Against paThogEns (EXSCALATE) supercomputing platform for a process known as “drug repurposing”, namely to identify the most promising safe in man drugs for immediate treatment of the already infected population and then novel pan-coronavirus inhibitors to address future emergencies. This ambitious goal exploited a “chemical library” of 500 billion molecules, thanks to a processing capacity of more than 3 million molecules per second, made available by the computing power of the EXSCALATE platform.

Chemistry --- Molecular biology --- Human biochemistry --- Biotechnology --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- Computer. Automation --- neuronale netwerken --- fuzzy logic --- medische biochemie --- cybernetica --- bio-engineering --- biotechnologie --- mineralen (chemie) --- mijnbouw --- medische informatica --- KI (kunstmatige intelligentie) --- moleculaire biologie --- proteïnen --- Artificial intelligence --- High performance computing. --- Medical applications.