Magda Stavinschi: Constantin Pârvulescu. Erou și cercetător al cerului (1890– 1945)
Magda Stavinschi: Constantin Pârvulescu. Aviation hero and astronomer (1890–1945)

Summary/Abstract: This review highlights the most notable ideas in the monography entitled Constantin Pârvulescu. Erou și cercetător al cerului (1890–1945) (Constantin Pârvulescu. Aviation hero and astronomer: 1890–1945), elaborated by the Romanian researcher Magda Stavinschi and published in 2015 by Grafoanaytis Publish ing House, Ploiești. The book shows that astronomer Constantin Pârvulescu lived a short but eventful life: as an air observer he contributed to his country’s defense during World War I, which brought him a series of war medals; as a teacher he influenced the lives of many pre university and university students in Romania and abroad, as a researcher he was esteemed and honoured by fellow colleagues all over the world. Thus, it seems only natural that in 1936 a minor planet was named 2331 Parvulesco, to honor both him and his offspring, astronomer Carina Parvulescu and mathematical physicist and acoustician Antares Parvulescu.

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