version of the transcendent space which induces a spiritual and cultural immortality, as well as a spiritual and cultural fervour throughout Dobruja. At the intersection of cultural styles which are reinforcing each other, Dobruja gives the world the
gift of a special historical, cultural, spiritual and scientific symphony.
3.2.1 A Kaleidoscope of Dobrujan Personalities
3.2.1.1 Members of the Romanian Academy of Dobrujan Origin
PETRE T. FRANGOPOL was born May 26, 1933, at Constant ¸a and he is a
Chemist, Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy (24 October 2012). (Rusu
2016, 626–7) He studied the radioisotopes, radio pharmaceutics the marked organic
compounds, organic scintillators, stable free organic radicals, spin markers, the
modification of bio-membrane functions and structure under local anaesthetics.
Petre T. Frangopol introduced as a Romanian premiere chemical, physical and
mechanical methods in engineering. He introduced new methods of research in
Physics and Chemistry. Petre T. Frangopol introduced also the scientometric
methods in the implementation of the database „Science Citation Index” (1998)
at the National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education (1998). Professor Frangopol was actively involved in science policies and wrote in this respect
5 volumes titled Mediocritate s ¸i excelent ¸a ˘ – o radiografie a s ¸tiint ¸ei s ¸i a
ı
ˆnva ˘t ¸a ˘m^ antului din Rom^ ania/Mediocrity and Excellence – a radiography of science
and higher education in Romania. In 2004 he published Elite ale cerceta ˘torilor din
Rom^ ania: matematica ˘ – fizica ˘ – chimie/The Elites of Romanian Research in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry. He was awarded “C. Miculescu” Prize of the Romanian Academy (1990). (Rusu 2016, 626–7)
ARAM M. FRENKIAN (1898, Constant ¸a À1964, Bucharest) was a Romanian
philosopher and linguist Post Mortem Member of the Romanian Academy (March
24, 2006). He was Head of Department at the Institute of Logic of the Romanian
Academy (1964), important author in many of contemporary publications („Codrul
Cosminului”, „Fa ˘t Frumos”, „Revista de filosofie”, „Revue des e ´tudes indoeurope ´ennes”, „Studii clasice”, „Studii de literatura ˘ universala ˘” etc.) and preoccupied by problems of esthetics, especially by the relation of art with the theory of
knowledge, illustrated in numerous books such as L’Art et la connaissance, 1922;
Mimesis s ¸i muzica. O contribut ¸ie la estetica lui Platon s ¸i Aristotel, 1932. Professor
Frenkian was dedicated to the study of Ancient Greek philosophy: E ´ tudes de
philosophie pre ´socratique (2 vol., 1933–1937); He ´raclite d’Ephe `se (1933); Le re ´
alisme grecque (1939); Le postulat chez Euclide et chez les modernes (1940); La me ´
thode hippocratique dans le „Phe `dre” de Platon (1941); L’Orient et les origines de
l’ide ´alisme subjectif dans la pense ´e e ´urope ´enne (1946); Scepticismul grec s ¸i
filosofia italiana ˘ (1957); I ˆ nt ¸elesul suferint ¸ei umane la Eschil, Sofocle s ¸i Euripide
(posthumous, 1969). His creation reserved a special attention for the universe of the
poetry of Homer: Le Monde home ´rique. Essai de protophilosophie grecque (1934);
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gift of a special historical, cultural, spiritual and scientific symphony.
3.2.1 A Kaleidoscope of Dobrujan Personalities
3.2.1.1 Members of the Romanian Academy of Dobrujan Origin
PETRE T. FRANGOPOL was born May 26, 1933, at Constant ¸a and he is a
Chemist, Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy (24 October 2012). (Rusu
2016, 626–7) He studied the radioisotopes, radio pharmaceutics the marked organic
compounds, organic scintillators, stable free organic radicals, spin markers, the
modification of bio-membrane functions and structure under local anaesthetics.
Petre T. Frangopol introduced as a Romanian premiere chemical, physical and
mechanical methods in engineering. He introduced new methods of research in
Physics and Chemistry. Petre T. Frangopol introduced also the scientometric
methods in the implementation of the database „Science Citation Index” (1998)
at the National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education (1998). Professor Frangopol was actively involved in science policies and wrote in this respect
5 volumes titled Mediocritate s ¸i excelent ¸a ˘ – o radiografie a s ¸tiint ¸ei s ¸i a
ı
ˆnva ˘t ¸a ˘m^ antului din Rom^ ania/Mediocrity and Excellence – a radiography of science
and higher education in Romania. In 2004 he published Elite ale cerceta ˘torilor din
Rom^ ania: matematica ˘ – fizica ˘ – chimie/The Elites of Romanian Research in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry. He was awarded “C. Miculescu” Prize of the Romanian Academy (1990). (Rusu 2016, 626–7)
ARAM M. FRENKIAN (1898, Constant ¸a À1964, Bucharest) was a Romanian
philosopher and linguist Post Mortem Member of the Romanian Academy (March
24, 2006). He was Head of Department at the Institute of Logic of the Romanian
Academy (1964), important author in many of contemporary publications („Codrul
Cosminului”, „Fa ˘t Frumos”, „Revista de filosofie”, „Revue des e ´tudes indoeurope ´ennes”, „Studii clasice”, „Studii de literatura ˘ universala ˘” etc.) and preoccupied by problems of esthetics, especially by the relation of art with the theory of
knowledge, illustrated in numerous books such as L’Art et la connaissance, 1922;
Mimesis s ¸i muzica. O contribut ¸ie la estetica lui Platon s ¸i Aristotel, 1932. Professor
Frenkian was dedicated to the study of Ancient Greek philosophy: E ´ tudes de
philosophie pre ´socratique (2 vol., 1933–1937); He ´raclite d’Ephe `se (1933); Le re ´
alisme grecque (1939); Le postulat chez Euclide et chez les modernes (1940); La me ´
thode hippocratique dans le „Phe `dre” de Platon (1941); L’Orient et les origines de
l’ide ´alisme subjectif dans la pense ´e e ´urope ´enne (1946); Scepticismul grec s ¸i
filosofia italiana ˘ (1957); I ˆ nt ¸elesul suferint ¸ei umane la Eschil, Sofocle s ¸i Euripide
(posthumous, 1969). His creation reserved a special attention for the universe of the
poetry of Homer: Le Monde home ´rique. Essai de protophilosophie grecque (1934);
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