Category: personal
Renovation of the German-Spanish agreement for the future of Calar Alto
After many moths and a lot of work .... (and this is one of the reasons why I was not active writing posts, or in science) .... We have an agreement! Calar Alto Observatory (Almería, Southern Spain) will continue it scientific ...
Hypatia of Alexandria
I have watched a very interesting movie last weekend: "Ágora", by the Spanish-Chilean director Alejandro Amenábar. It is a story about a very interesting character, the astronomer Hypatia, who live in the IV-V centuries, during the end of the Roman ...
Hectic times …
Running, I feel I am always running everywhere, trying not to miss the next step, almost at the verge of a disaster. Today, the train from Palermo to the airport broke and I almost didn't arrive on time to catch ...
¿Finally, science?
After a quite a hectic month, full of proposals and paperwork, I can go back to science. ¿Really? I had my last deadline last April 10th, for the Subaru telescope. It was also the Easter week, but I work everyday ...
The busy schedule of an astronomer
I have to confess than more than once I have woken up in a hotel, without knwong exactly where I was. Although I try top minimize the trips, specially the short trips for meetings, somethings my schedule fills up so ...
A media star?
Tomorrow, a TV crew come to ESAC, my working place, to shoot an interview with me. This is as a result of "Cosmic Diary" and the awareness that the media is having about the International Year of Astronomy. Less than ...
Mount Toubkal and the scientific career
(January 3nd, 2009) As I trek towards mount Toubkal, the highest peak (4167 meters) in the Maghreb, in Northern Africa, I cannot avoid to think that climbing a mountain is like to solve a scientific problem. The most important things ...
Spanish versus English
The first decision I have to take regarding this blog is quite political: Spanish or English? What language should I use? I already have another blog, written completely in Spanish. So, since the idea is to provide a diverse view of ...