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Agustí Alcoberro
Agustí or Agusti may refer to: *The given name ''Agusti'', a variant of Augustine (given name) People with the surname *Jordi Agustí, Spanish paleontologist *Sergi Agustí (born 1967), Spanish film director *Susana Agustí Susana Agustí Requena is a Spanish biological oceanographer who has participated in over 25 oceanographic expeditions in the Arctic, Southern Ocean (Antarctic), Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. She played a key role in the Malaspina Circum ..., Spanish biological oceanographer See also * Casa Agusti, building in Barcelona * Sant Agustí * ''Includes several people with first name Agusti'' * {{dab, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustine (given Name)
Augustine is a masculine given name derived from the Latin language, Latin word ''augere'', meaning "to increase." The Latin form ''Augustinus'' is developed from ''Augustus (honorific), Augustus'' which means "venerable" and was a title given to Roman emperors. Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine of Hippo was a significant early Christianity, Christian theologian and Doctor of the Church and his prominence in Catholic and Protestant theology contributed to the given name's spread across Europe and into further continents through evangelism. In both the vulgar of French and English used in the High Middle Ages, the name was frequently shortened to or pronounced as ''Aoustin'' or ''Austin (name), Austin'' respectively. For the latter, usage is attested at least back to the time of Chaucer. Within the United States, both Augustine and Austin have additionally been used very rarely for girls. The shortened form, ''Austin'', has ranked in the top 50 names given to baby boys born in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordi Agustí
Jordi Agustí is a Spanish paleontologist at the ''Instituto de Paleoecología Humana y Evolución Social'' at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. His research is mainly focused on the evolution of mammal fossils in relation to changing climates in the last 10 million years. He has led investigations in Europe and in North Africa, and he was part of the team that discovered some of the oldest Eurasian hominids in Dmanisi, Georgia. He has published at least half a dozen books on science. These include: * ''La evolución y sus metáforas'' (1994) * ''Mammoths, sabertooths, and Hominids'' (2002) * ''Fósiles, genes y teorías'' (2003) * ''El ajedrez de la vida'' (Crítica, 2010) * ''La gran migración'' (Crítica, 2011); * ''Los primeros pobladores de Europa'' (2012) * (with Enric Bufill and Marina Mosquera) ''El precio de la inteligencia'' (Crítica, 2012). In 2002, he received the Premio de Literatura Científica from the Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la innovació fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergi Agustí
Sergi Agustí (born 1967) is a Spanish film director who has made a number of documentaries in African countries including Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Congo. Sergi Agustí was born in Barcelona in 1967. He worked for many years as a photographer. His documentary work covers social issues, but takes a more optimistic view of Africa than is common with other observers. Agustí's '' One Goal'' tells the story of a group of young amputee war veterans in Sierra Leone who decided to advocate peace and show another way to handle differences. The young men changed their lives for the better and became role models for their communities through their determination to play soccer. The film was a finalist in the LinkTV online film contest in the category of "Overcoming Conflict". It received several awards including the Audience Award at the MIRADAS.DOC festival in Tenerife and the Benicàssim festival, Special Jury Mention at the Festival de Alcala de Henares ALCINE38, and the Grand Prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susana Agustí
Susana Agustí Requena is a Spanish biological oceanographer who has participated in over 25 oceanographic expeditions in the Arctic, Southern Ocean (Antarctic), Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. She played a key role in the Malaspina Circumnavigation Expedition. She is professor in Marine Science at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia and an adjunct Professor at the University of Tromsø (Norway). Early life and education Agusti completed a BSc at the Autonomous University of Madrid in 1982 and a PhD at the same institution in 1989. Career and impact Agusti studies the photosynthetic plankton and the metabolic balance of the oceans, with present goals focused in evaluate the impact of global change in the oceans. Her research has been devoted to study the effect of warming in the Arctic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. In her role as a researcher for the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) where she worked from 1992, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |