Ricardo Galvão

2022-05-19 thumb|Ricardo Galvão Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão (born 21 December 1947) is a prominent Brazilian physicist and engineer, formerly the Director-General of the National Institute for Space Research. "...My time as director of INPE was extremely important to me, including for increasing my own knowledge about other areas of science. - Revista FAPESP: Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão: The physicist who would not bend CC-BY-NC-ND The Bolsonaro government had no idea what its attack on INPE data would mean in the international context. - Revista FAPESP: Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão: The physicist who would not bend CC-BY-NC-ND ...I said that INPE was a highly respected institution, that I had a name as a scientist and there was no way I was going let that go. - Revista FAPESP: Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão: The physicist who would not bend CC-BY-NC-ND ...Outside Brazil, INPE’s reputation for excellence is well established. - Revista FAPESP: Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão: The physicist who would not bend CC-BY-NC-ND ...To say to a scientist that your data is lying could mean the end of a career. And the data weren’t mine, but from my colleagues at INPE. - Revista FAPESP: Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão: The physicist who would not bend CC-BY-NC-ND Principalmente quando ele tem essas entrevistas com a imprensa ou mesmo em outras manifestações, ele tem um comportamento como se estivesse em botequim. [...] Ou seja, ele fez acusações indevidas a pessoas do mais alto nível da ciência brasileira, não estou dizendo só eu, mas muitas outras pessoa... Isso é uma piada de um garoto de 14 anos que não cabe a um presidente da república fazer. Especially when he has these interviews with the press or even in other manifestations, he has a behavior as if he were in a bar. [...] That is, he made improper accusations to people of the highest level of Brazilian science, I am not just saying me, but many other people... This is a joke of a 14-year-old boy that does not belong to a president of the republic. -Ricardo Galvão about the attacks from Jair Bolsonaro. G1: Diretor do Inpe nega acusações de Bolsonaro, reafirma dados sobre desmatamento e diz que não deixará cargo Qualquer dirigente de um país tem que entender que, quando se trata de questões científicas, não existe autoridade acima da soberania da ciência. Nem militar, nem política, nem religiosa. [...] Desrespeitoso foi o presidente da República com a ciência brasileira. Ele falou categoricamente que os dados do Inpe são mentirosos. Ele está acusando todos os cientistas do Inpe de terem cometido crime de falsidade ideológica. Any leader of a country has to understand that, when it comes to scientific issues, there is no authority above the sovereignty of science. Neither military, nor political, nor religious. [...] The President of the Republic was disrespectful to Brazilian science. He spoke categorically that the data from INPE are lies. He is accusing all the INPE scientists of having committed a crime of ideological falsehood. - Ricardo Galvão, former director from INPE, to the Minister of Environment, Ricardo Salles. G1: Nós usamos publicação científica, não balela, diz ex-diretor do Inpe a ministro do Meio Ambiente. Aquilo foi um soco direto na minha alma de cientista. That was a direct punch to my scientist soul. -Revista Trip: Ricardo Galvão: meio ambiente, ciência e censura ...I believed that I had two options. I could do nothing and write to Minister Pontes to give an explanation to the president. Or I could react. - Revista FAPESP: Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão: The physicist who would not bend CC-BY-NC-ND ... I said that the president had adopted a weak, cowardly attitude by making a public accusation about a subject he has no qualifications to evaluate. - Revista FAPESP: Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão: The physicist who would not bend CC-BY-NC-ND I defended the INPE work. I knew that I would definitely be fired. But it was a successful strategy. INPE received so much media exposure that it was in an almost unassailable position. - Revista FAPESP: Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão: The physicist who would not bend CC-BY-NC-ND Those plans were also destroyed by the missiles of this war... - Ricardo Galvão on the halting of nuclear fusion research with Russia as a result of the invasion of Ukraine. Nature: The countries maintaining research ties with Russia despite Ukraine Mas essa foi uma decisão que tomei porque eu sentia o meu dever de voltar para o Brasil para ajudar a ciência brasileira a crescer. But this was a decision I took because I felt it was my duty to return to Brazil to help Brazilian science grow. -Ricardo Galvão on having turned down posts abroad. Revista Trip: Ricardo Galvão: meio ambiente, ciência e censura ...Então não seria o ataque de um presidente tosco e completamente ignorante que iria me fazer desistir de uma decisão de vida que eu tomei há tantos anos. ...So it wouldn't be the attack of a blunt and completely ignorant president that would make me give up on a life decision I made so many years ago. -Ricardo Gavão on not going to work abroad. Revista Trip: Ricardo Galvão: meio ambiente, ciência e censura Essa atração pela exploração, pelo desconhecido, para grandes viagens, grandes conquistas, sempre existiu no espírito humano, mesmo em condições muito toscas, ... muito atrasadas. This attraction to exploration, to the unknown, to great journeys, great conquests, has always existed in the human spirit, even in very crude conditions, .... very backward conditions. -Revista Trip: Ricardo Galvão: meio ambiente, ciência e censura Devemos sempre lutar contra os assaltos e os ataques à ciência, independentemente da nossa ideologia partidária ou política. We must always fight against assaults and attacks on science, regardless of our party or political ideology. - Ricardo Galvão. “Sempre que a ciência for atacada, temos que nos levantar” A ciência sempre sofreu pressão de poderosos e seus resultados incomodam bastante; e as vezes em que os cientistas recuaram, não foi bom para a humanidade. Science has always suffered pressure from the powerful and its results are very disturbing; and the times when scientists have backed down, it has not been good for humanity. - Ricardo Galvão. “Sempre que a ciência for atacada, temos que nos levantar” “The leader of any country should be aware that in scientific matters there is no authority above the sovereignty of science.” -Ricardo Galvão. https://eos.org/articles/ousted-head-of-science-agency-criticizes-brazils-denial-of-deforestation-data Ousted Head of Science Agency Criticizes Brazil’s Denial of Deforestation Data 2019-08-20 10.1029/2019EO131399 Showstack R. “Not only as a scientist but as a citizen of Brazil, I’m very concerned about the increasing rate of deforestation in the Amazon.” -Ricardo Galvão. https://eos.org/articles/ousted-head-of-science-agency-criticizes-brazils-denial-of-deforestation-data Ousted Head of Science Agency Criticizes Brazil’s Denial of Deforestation Data 2019-08-20 10.1029/2019EO131399 Showstack R. Category:Physicists from Brazil Category:1947 births