Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman

Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman (born February 24, 1948) is a Mexican astrophysicist and science communicator.[1] She is a researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), in its Institute of Astronomy.

Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman
Born (1948-02-24) February 24, 1948
Mexico City, Mexico
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
OccupationAstrophysicist
EmployerUNAM Institute of Astronomy
OrganizationAcademia Mexicana de la Lengua
Awards

Biography

Julieta Fierro studied physics at the UNAM School of Sciences.

She hosted a television series titeled: "Más allá de las estrellas" (Beyond the Stars), which was chosen as the best science show in Mexico in 1998.[2] She was UNAM's General Director of Scientific Outreach from 2000 to 2004. She has written 40 books, of which 23 are on popular science, and dozens of articles in various conferences and journals. One of her writings was published in Mayan (an indigenous language). She participated in the creation of the Universum astronomy room[3] (Universum is one of the most popular University museums in Latin America) and the Museo Descubre of Aguascalientes. She collaborated on the creation of a science museum in Puerto Rico and the McDonald Observatory in the United States and the Sutherland in South Africa.[2]

She is a currently a researcher at the UNAM Institute of Astronomy and a professor at the university's School of Sciences. She was elected a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua on July 24, 2003, and took possession of its 25th chair on August 26, 2004.[4] She was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Spanish Academy on April 21, 2005.[5]

Recognitions

Selected publications
  • La familia del Sol (1989), co-authored with Miguel Ángel Herrera, Cultural Economic Fund, ISBN 978-968-16-7076-4. Part of the collection "La ciencia para todos", #62, and the Classroom Libraries collection.
  • Extraterrestres (2000), Lectorum, ISBN 968-5270-10-4. Part of the Classroom Libraries collection.
  • Fronteras el universo (2000), co-authored with Manuel Peimbert (compiler), Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Miguel Ángel Herrera, Miriam Peña, Luis Felipe Rodríguez, Dany Page, José Jesús González, Déborah Dultzin, Cultural Economic Fund, ISBN 9789681661038. Wrote one chapter about planetary systems. Part of the collection "La ciencia para todos", #176.
  • La astronomía de México (2001), Lectorum, ISBN 968-5270-55-4. Reissued in 2005.
  • Albert Einstein: Un científico de nuestro tiempo (2005), co-authored with Héctor Domínguez, Lectorum, ISBN 970-32-1108-9
  • Lo grandioso de la luz, Gran paseo por la ciencia (2005), Editorial Nuevo México, ISBN 970-677-181-6
  • Lo grandioso del tiempo, Gran paseo por la ciencia (2005), Editorial Nuevo México, ISBN 970-677-179-4
  • Cartas Astrales: Un romance científico del tercer tipo (2006), co-authored with Adolfo Sánchez Valenzuela, Alfaguara, ISBN 968-19-1175-X
  • La luz de las estrellas (2006), co-authored with Héctor Domínguez, Ediciones La Vasija, ISBN 970-756-095-9
  • Galileo y el telescopio, 400 años de ciencia (2007), co-authored with Héctor Domínguez, Uribe y Ferrari Editores, ISBN 970-756-238-2
  • Newton, la luz y el movimiento de los cuerpos (2007), co-authored with Héctor Domínguez, Uribe y Ferrari Editores, ISBN 9789707562820
  • Nebulosas planetarias: la hermosa muerte de las estrellas (2009), co-authored with Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Cultural Economic Fund, ISBN 978-607-16-0072-1. Part of the collection "La ciencia para todos", #220.
  • La Evolución Química del Sol (2012), co-authored with Manuel Peimbert, Cultural Economic Fund, ISBN 978-607-16-12373. Part of the collection "La ciencia para todos", #234.[15]

References
  1. "Julieta Fierro Gossman" (in Spanish). Esmas.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  2. "M. en C. Julieta Fierro". Semblanza (in Spanish). Vol. 1 no. 1. UNAM. July 1, 2000. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  3. Arqué, Montserrat (July 15, 2011). "Julieta Fierro, de las mujeres más destacadas en México" [Julieta Fierro, Among the Most Distinguished Women in Mexico]. El Universal De10 (in Spanish). Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  4. "Miembros" [Members] (in Spanish). Academia Mexicana de la Lengua. Archived from the original on January 9, 2010. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  5. Histórica (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Academy. 2011. p. 95. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  6. "Julieta Fierro Gossman" (in Spanish). Academia Mexicana de Profesores de Ciencias Naturales. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  7. "Kalinga Prize laureate". UNESCO. 1995. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  8. "Julieta Fierro recibe el Primo Rovis, distinción que dan dos instituciones italianas" [Julieta Fierra Receives the Primo Rovis, Distinction Given by Two Italian Institutions]. Gaceta Digital (in Spanish) (3206). National Autonomous University of Mexico. August 6, 1998. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  9. "Past Recipients of the Klumpke-Roberts Award". Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  10. "Julieta Fierro, nueva responsable de la divulgación científica en la UNAM" [Julieta Fierro, UNAM's New Head of Scientific Outreach]. La Jornada (in Spanish). March 21, 2000. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  11. Aviles, Karina (November 22, 2001). "Reducir presupuesto a ciencia es como matar a la gallina de los huevos de oro" [Reducing Budget to Science is Like Killing the Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs]. La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  12. "La notable científica Julieta Fierro dará conferencia en la U de Colima" [The Notable Scientist Julieta Fierro to Give a Conference at the U of Colima]. Boletines informativos (in Spanish). University of Colima. October 17, 2005. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  13. "Entre mujeres te veas" [Among Women You See]. El Universal (in Spanish). March 18, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2019 – via PressReader.
  14. "TWAS Regional Prizes". The World Academy of Sciences. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  15. "Libros" [Books] (in Spanish). UNAM Institute of Astronomy. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
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