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Mihai Emilian Popa

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Born

in Bucharest, Romania

August 12, 1969

Website

https://mepopa.com

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Science

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Charles Darwin, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Hugo Pratt ...more

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Born, raised and educated as a city kid in downtown Bucharest, Mihai soon discovered Earth and Life Sciences while reading, trekking in the Carpathians or diving in the Black Sea. As a palaeontologist and a geologist, Mihai is today Professor at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, teaching a lot, doing research and enjoying everything he loved the most his entire life: science, travel and sharing.

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	Elemente de Geologie si Paleontologie 4.88 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Late Palaeozoic and Early Mesozoic continental formations of the Resita Basin it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paleobotanica si Palinologie by Ovidiu Dragastan, Rasvan Damian, Mihai Emilian Popa (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mihai Popa rated a book it was amazing Vraja marelui nord vol. 1 by Jean Leroy-Guyo	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Mihai Popa rated a book it was amazing The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“We are who we are.”
― Mihai E. Popa

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Mihai’s Quotes

“Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. ”
― Will Durant

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“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”
― Elaine Pagels, Insights from the Secret Teachings of Jesus: The Gospel of Thomas

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“Science is the topography of ignorance.”
― Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

tags: ignorance, science

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“When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself”
― Jacques Cousteau

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“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
― Niels Bohr