Roberto D.D. Costa
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Roberto D.D. Costa
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Departamento de Astronomia
Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas
Universidade de São Paulo
Rua do Matão 1226 - Cidade Universitária
05508-090 , São Paulo/SP, Brasil
roberto . costa @ iag.usp.br
http://www.facebook.com/robertoddcosta
Tel:(+55-11)3091-2799
I'm an astrophysicist. OK, sometimes it sounds like science-fiction, but it is my job. Why did I choose this profession ? What is the goal of astrophysics ? Hard to explain ... Read the poem below, written decades ago.
La noche nos impone su tarea mágica
Destejer el Universo
Las ramificaciones infinitas de efectos y de causas
Que se pierden en ese vértigo sin fondo
El tiempo
Night sets on us its magic task:
To ravel out the world,
The endless branchings of cause and effect,
Which lose themselves in time's unfathomed vertigo.
Jorge Luis Borges