The most cross-sectional chemistry, in an international meeting in la Cerdanya

Prullans. Photo: Marisa L. R.
Prullans. Photo: Marisa L. R.
Research
(04/06/2018)

Prullans, a village in the Pyrinees, in la Cerdanya (Girona), will hold -from June 6 to 8- the international meeting Not Strictly Inorganic Chemistry, which presents the study of chemistry from cross-sectional perspectives. With a more humanistic view on inorganic chemistry, scientists from around the world will touch on topics such as the relation of this discipline with photography, cover art, invisibility, metamorphosis, magic or makeup, among others.

 

Prullans. Photo: Marisa L. R.
Prullans. Photo: Marisa L. R.
Research
04/06/2018

Prullans, a village in the Pyrinees, in la Cerdanya (Girona), will hold -from June 6 to 8- the international meeting Not Strictly Inorganic Chemistry, which presents the study of chemistry from cross-sectional perspectives. With a more humanistic view on inorganic chemistry, scientists from around the world will touch on topics such as the relation of this discipline with photography, cover art, invisibility, metamorphosis, magic or makeup, among others.

 

Among the speakers is Santiago Álvarez, professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the UB and author of several dissemination works, such as his latest book, De dones, homes i molecules. Notes dʼhistòria, art I literatura de la química (Editions and Publications of the UB, 2017). His conference will focus on the role of photographers of chemistry. Also, Xavier Giménez, lecturer at the Department of Matter Science and Physical Chemistry of the UB, will give a holistic view on water.

Then, Jorge Calado, emeritus lecturer from the Instituto Superior Tecnico of the University of Lisbon, will talk about interactions and metamorphosis. Apart from his research on thermodynamics, Calado has studies the relations between science and art. He is cultural critic in the newspaper Expresso and collaborates in Times Literary Supplement and the journals Opera News and Opera Now.

Jo Milne, lecturer from the Eina University School of Design and Arts (UAB-associated centre), will talk about the topic of her doctoral thesis: the invisible in arts and science.

Other speakers interested in history and chemistryʼs social role are Peter Day, emeritus lecturer from University College of London, and Sason Shaik, lecturer in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and one of the most distinguished theoretical chemists nowadays.

Among the reviewed conferences is the one by the professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Sevilla, Adela Muñoz, who will talk about makeup and chemistry. Muñoz is a great disseminator and defends the role of women in science. Author of the book Sabias. La cara oculta de la ciencia, she has also published the biographies of Marie Curie and Antoine Lavoisier, as well as a dissemination book on poison (Historia del veneno, 2012).