2021 and 2022 invite us to an anniversary and a celebration of Horia Hulubei (November 15, 1896 – November 22, 1972): the anniversary of 125 years since his birth, in 2021, and the celebration of 50 years since his death, in 2022. There are several institutions and personalities eager to participate in these events, and – …
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Horia Hulubei in media: a study of political harassment in Romanian early post-WWII physics
As a scholar with long stages in Western laboratories, Horia Hulubei was confronted with harassment and pressure from sycophants supported by political police (Securitate) of the communist regime in the post-WWII Romanian Socialist Republic; actually, any connection with Western institutions, even the purely scientific ones, were used as a pretext for persecution, sometimes very severe, …
Horia Hulubei’s PhD thesis, available on-line
As a modest step forward in the effort of preparation Horia Hulubei’s anniversary, his PhD thesis was made available online. (online)
Ţiţeica’s papers on quantum electrodynamics, now available in English
Three years after the publication of Şerban Ţiţeica’s PhD thesis translation into English, HHF provides an English version of his papers on quantum electrodynamics, as a Research Gate preprint, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.24871.88486. Ţiţeica’s papers on quantum electrodynamics have been published in journals with limited circulation (Bull. Soc. Roum. Phys. and Bull. Sect. Sci. de l’Acad. Roum.) …
The only book authored by Yvette Cauchois and Horia Hulubei, a new aquisition of the HHF library
We recently received – as a kind gift from Professor Ladislau Alexander Bányai – a precious book of Yvette Cauchois and Horia Hulubei, actually the only one authored by them: Constantes sélectionnées – Longueurs d’onde des émissions X et des discontinuités d’absorbtion X, as the first volume of a series of Tables de constantes et …
“Climbing and sightseeing in Carpathians”, a recently published book by Radu Ţiţeica
Besides physics, Radu and Şerban Ţiţeica shared another love: climbing on the most spectacular stone walls and crevasses of the Carpathian Mountains. They opened and mapped several climbing routes, and remained in the memory of Romanian alpinists as “Ţiţeica brothers”. Recently, a book containing interesting, pleasing and accurate descriptions of their trips and climbings (in …
The UNESCO Chairs Meeting on “Education for Sustainable Development”
Despite the current pandemic situation, the UNESCO Chairs Meeting was still organized this year under the aegis of the 3rd International Conference on Economics and Social Sciences (ICESS 2020). I participated in the UNESCO Chairs Meeting as a representative of our UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Development through Research and Education in Modern Physics. Although the …
Prof. Sabin Stoica, the Head of the UNESCO Chair at HHF, participated to the workshop held in Abidjan, February 11-13, 2019
Prof. Sabin Stoica, the Head of the UNESCO Chair at HHF, participated to the workshop held in Abidjan, February 11-13, 2019, where the international project PULSE, co-financed by the UE Erasmus+ Programme. CIFRA is an associate partner of this project. During the workshop, the six WPs were defined. The Polytechnic University of Bucharest and CIFRA …
National Scientific Conference, May 9-11, Barlad
MS Ovidiu Nitescu was invited by the Vasile Parvan County Museum (Barlad) to represent the HHF at its National Scientific Conference, May 9-11, Barlad, and to address a lecture. The content of this lecture is attached.
International Workshop on Advances in Nanomaterials, September 17-19, 2018
The Proceedings of the International Workshop on Advances in Nanomaterials, September 17-19, 2018, is under preparation. A preliminary form can be found here. Cover Proceedings / Proceedings-on-line.