Carlos M. Varsavsky (1933–1983) was an Argentine astrophysicist.
11-457: Varsavsky is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carlos Varsavsky (1933–1983), Argentine astrophysicist Martín Varsavsky (born 1960), Argentine businessperson Oscar Varsavsky (1920–1976), Argentine mathematician and science administrator [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Varsavsky . If an internal link intending to refer to
22-416: A reference for many generations of students of astrophysics. His predictions about abundant molecular hydrogen in clouds, though controversial at that time, have been verified with modern methods of observation. Some of his working papers include: Varsavsky noted that there are astronomical reasons for determining the relative lengths of a day, a month or a year, but there are no astronomical reasons for
33-437: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Varsavsky&oldid=1175079305 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Carlos Varsavsky Varsavsky
44-627: Is located in Villa Elisa, Buenos Aires. During the Periodo de facto (the military juntas of 1966–1973 and 1976–1983) and in a university environment, Varsavsky maintained a consistent democratic attitude – even during the incident that is known as “ la noche de los bastones largos ” in which the military of Juan Carlos Onganía government attacked the Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences of Buenos Aires. Students, graduates and professors were beaten with
55-474: The French, British and American readers) and everyone in the same family were to work the same week, then each group is ready to work and rest at overlapping times, but not simultaneously (as at present). Society would have one third of its people working the red week, another third the blue week and the third the white week. Every day throughout the year there would be two groups working their four occupational days of
66-591: The aim of dismantling the reformist project of building a university of science of excellence. In 1977, during the Dirty War (Guerra Sucia) that caused the kidnapping and brutal murder of his nephew, David Horacio Varsavsky, Carlos M. Varsavsky saw no choice but to leave Argentina. He emigrated with his family to the United States where Wassily Leontief , Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner, made him
77-617: The associate director of the Institute of Economic Analysis at New York University . Varsavsky had two children: Paula Varsavsky , author and cultural journalist, and Martin Varsavsky , entrepreneur and founder of the Varsavsky Foundation. Varsavsky died in 1983, at the age of 49, when he was still working as associate director of the Institute of Economic Analysis at New York University. His doctoral thesis on atomic transitions has been
88-684: The newly created group of Astrophysics at the University of Buenos Aires and worked as senior lecturer in physics until 1966. He was the founder and first director of the Argentine Institute of Radio Astronomy, founded in 1964, and president of the Association of Physics in Argentina. Furthermore, he participated in the construction of the largest radio telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, which
99-465: The week and one resting for their two-day weekend. The GDP would stay the same, or perhaps improve, because all the fixed investment of society would be used every day instead if five or six seventh of the time available. Every school, factory, office, shop, home, road that the public invests in building would be used every day of the year, but not by the same people. The Argentine Astronomical Society (Asociación Argentina de Astronomía), together with
110-429: The week to be seven days, when a lunar cycle is not 28 days but about 29½ days. An astronomically closer but still imperfect division would be to have five weeks of six days. He hypothesized that it should be possible to have everyone to work one day less, yet maintain their global production (or national GDP) If the population was split into three approximately equal groups (he called them Red, Blue and White to appeal to
121-714: Was born in Buenos Aires in 1933. After completing secondary studies in the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires , he settled in the United States. In the US, Varsavsky graduated in physical engineering, in which he also obtained a master's degree from the University of Colorado. In 1959 he did his doctorate in astronomy at Harvard University . He was the younger brother of Argentinian mathematician and social scientist Oscar Varsavsky . In 1960, Varsavsky returned to Argentina, where he joined
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