• DocumentCode
    1226394
  • Title

    Looking into the past [President´s Perspective]

  • Author

    Ferrero, Alessandro

  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    4/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    6
  • Lastpage
    7
  • Abstract
    We all know that one of the existential questions humankind has asked since the beginning of civilization is: "Where do we come from?" Our present life; our way of thinking, and our behavior are so deeply affected by the cultural legacy we inherited from the past generations that we cannot evade this question if we wish to understand ourselves and, hopefully, avoid the repetition of past errors.
  • Keywords
    Ash; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Extraterrestrial measurements; History; Humans; Length measurement; Measurement standards; Space technology; Telescopes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1094-6969
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIM.2009.4811131
  • Filename
    4811131