- Ángel Rodríguez Lozano
Ángel Rodríguez Lozano is a Spanish radio journalist and popularizer of science, best known as the creator and presenter of the program
Vanguardia de la Ciencia , which was broadcast without interruption every week from April 1995 until June 2007.Before the startup of Vanguardia de la Ciencia, he participated in other programs in
Radio Nacional de España . He has also contributed to other programs of popular science, "El Mono Temático", "En Clave de Ciencia de Radio 5", and "Hora América". From August 2006 to June 2007, he also wrote and presented the programEl Sueño de Arquímedes .Ángel Rodríguez Lozano was born in1952 in the small municipality ofLa Garrovilla , nearMérida inExtremadura . He is a physicist by training, and has done research work in fluid dynamics, chaos theory and non-linear phenomena at theComplutense University of Madrid [The biography of Ángel Rodríguez Lozano at the web site of Radio Nacional de España [http://www.vanguardia.rne.es/?go=111b735a516af85c9c789c7a4fd3f107a35c62168843087fd36ba7aa2d2b605d79bfad0a57f2b494b75f0d9df022583bbf4a37cbcdc51b1760b732aef2bc51ca258512135ee0ce4ca8a53c8364a53e4ae155d4087714dea3] ] .Ángel Rodríguez Lozano has stated that he enjoys popularizing science, because the effort that is required to present a scientific topic helps him put the concepts straight, and gain a deeper understanding of the subject matter [ [http://www.dimetu.com/2008/02/20/retropodcast-12-entrevista-a-angel-rodriguez-lozano/ ¡DIME TÚ! — Entrevista a Ángel Rodríguez Lozano. First published June 30th, 2007.] "Desde pequeñito eso del enseñar a mi siempre me ha gustado. El esfuerzo mental que tenía que hacer para colocar en orden las ideas y poderlas expresar de manera que otros las entendieran, eso, de alguna manera organizaba mi propia mente y me hacia comprender las cosas."] .Ángel Rodríguez Lozano left Radio Nacional in June, 2007, because of a re-structuration of the company [Correspondence section at the end of the program Vanguardia de la Ciencia of June 9th, 2007. [http://www.vanguardia.rne.es/FRONT_PROGRAMAS?go=111b735a516af85ccdc4135d9df82c2e123009d61eb00f778b60af793b191c3165595f12f857fccf8fc4680324c44c505f04bbcd924eb3a14791bd690da53e204c2a972065f8551b] ] , which involved the early retirement of employees older than 52 years [ [http://www.dimetu.com/2008/02/20/retropodcast-12-entrevista-a-angel-rodriguez-lozano/ ¡DIME TÚ! — Entrevista a Ángel Rodríguez Lozano.] ] .
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External links
* Web site of Vanguardia de la Ciencia: http://www.rtve.es/programas/vanguardia
* Web site of El Sueño de Arquímedes: http://www.rtve.es/programas/cienciaytecnologia
* Vanguardia de la Ciencia ateSnips : http://www.esnips.com/web/VanguardiaDeLaCiencia
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