“science
writing from the source” – in English & Dutch – by Arno Keppens
contributions | reviews
| science poetry | layman
writings | expert texts | research papers | CV | personal
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domains of interest / expertise (AO) - atmospheric
(ozone) monitoring & climate [A] - emergent
complexity & criticality / emergent quantum gravity [E] - freethought /
science history & philosophy [F] - LED/optosemiconductor
measurement & modelling [L] - outreach to general public [O] - science poetry [P] |
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- Science poetry at Sound of Science festival, May 24-25, 2019 [P,O] - “Kritisch gelezen” - book review of “Life 3.0: Mens zijn in het tijdperk van kunstmatige intelligentie” by M. Tegmark, Het Vrije Woord JG 63 NR 2, 2018 [O] - “Wat zijn de basisbestanddelen van het universum?” Vraag voor de wetenschap, FWO Vlaanderen, 2018 [E] - News coverage of the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor TROPOMI launch by BELGA,
VRT, and
VTM on Oct. 13, 2017 [A] - “Moules de Geek #18 – Nerdy Jaaroverzicht
2016” L. Scheire, 2017 [O] - “Waarom
iedereen altijd gelijk heeft” R. Mersch, De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 2016 [E] - “Characterization,
modeling and optimization of remote phosphor LED
modules” P.C. Acuña, KU Leuven University
Press, Leuven, 2016 (as PhD. assessor) [L] - “Jaarverslag
BIRA 2013-2014” BIRA-IASB, 2015 [A] - “How
quantum mechanics explains global warming” L. Scheire,
TED Ed. talk, 2014 [A] - “Scheire
en de schepping” L. Scheire, Manteau, Antwerp, 2012
[O] - www.ikhebeenvraag.be 2012-2015 [O] - “Nieuwe generatie led-lampen geeft meer licht dan
ooit” Luminus Energieconsulent, 2011 [L] - “European
LED quality charter” European Commission Joint Research Centre, 2011 [L] |
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- “Verruim je geest: Wat psychedelica ons kunnen vertellen over bewustzijn, sterven, verslaving en depressie” M. Pollan, De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam, 2019 [O] - “Big History: Het waanzinnige wetenschappelijke ontstaansverhaal van de mens, de wereld en het universum” D. Christian, Maven Publishing, Amsterdam, 2018 [E,F] - “In het oog van de klimaatstorm”
J.-P. van Ypersele, T. Libaert, Ph. Lamotte, Epo, Antwerp, 2018 [A] - “Life 3.0: Mens zijn in het tijdperk van kunstmatige intelligentie”
M. Tegmark, Maven Publishing, Amsterdam, 2018 [O] -
“Wij zijn slim, en andere dwaalwegen van het denken” S. Weusten, Atlas Contact, Amsterdam, 2018 [O] -
“Speurtocht naar buitenaards leven” N. Nanninga, Veen Media, Utrecht, 2017 [O] - “Singing in
the brain” E. Scherder, Athenaeum, Amsterdam,
2017 [O] - “De
biologie van de overtuiging”
B. Lipton, VBK Media, Utrecht, 2017 (content declined) [O] - “Licht:
De invloed op lichaam en geest” G. Venhuizen, Atlas Contact, Amsterdam, 2017 [O] - “Het
einde van de wereld: Een geschiedenis” S. Stroeykens, Polis, Antwerp, 2016 [O] - “Waarom
iedereen altijd gelijk heeft” R. Mersch, De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 2016 [O] - “Mensen op Mars: Relaas van een manmoedige poging” J. van Casteren,
Prometheus, Amsterdam, 2016 [O] - “Characterization,
modeling and optimization of remote phosphor LED
modules” P.C. Acuña, KU Leuven University
Press, Leuven, 2016 (as PhD. commission member) [L] - “Het
hoge noorden: Een encyclopedie van de Arctis” L. Beyens, Atlas
Contact, Amsterdam, 2016 [O] - “Het
leven over tien miljoen jaar” M. Boulay & S. Steyer, VBK
Media, Utrecht, 2016 [O] - “Machines
die denken” J. Brockman (ed.), Maven Publishing,
Amsterdam, 2016 [O] - European
Meteorological Satellite (EUMETSAT) O3M/AC-SAF
reviews, 2013-present [A] - “De theorie van alles: Een nieuwe relativiteitstheorie”
T. van den Ende, Polytoon,
Scheveningen, 2011 (content declined) [E] - “Gravitatie en elektromagnetisme: De informatonentheorie”
A. Acke, Nevelland, Nevele,
2008 [E] |
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“Pendelgedicht” Poetry Day (Jan. 31), 2019 [P] - “Winterzonnewende”
2018 (solstice verse) [P]: Winterzonnewende - “Hawking”
2018 (memorial verse) [P]: Ode to he who overnight, - “Tempus fugit”
2017 (solstice verse) [P]: Tempus fugit, - Science March (April 22)
slogan 2017 [P]: You boast with national genius, - “Shortest day”
2016 (solstice verse) [P]: Behold this shortest day, - “Analemma” 2015
(solstice verse, first strophe by L. Scheire) [P]: Analemma, Gij schone vrouwe, - “Winterzonnewende” 2014 (solstice verse) [P]: De zonne is gewinterwend, |
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“Over eigenbelang en het hogere goed: een (on)oplosbaar belangenconflict?” Kwintessens, 2019 [E,F] - “Real-time health advice from space” GIM International magazine, Dec. 2017 [A] - “Klimaatwetenschap vanuit de ruimte” DDP Sint-Pieterscollege Leuven, 2017 [A] - “Kan het sportnieuws eindelijk naar de reservebank?” Knack Vrije
Tribune, 2017 [O] - “Wonder is not wonder!”
2017 (essay for the 2016-2017 FQXi
Essay Contest) [F] - “LED – What’s in
a name?” Technologiewacht Licht, VEI, 2010 [L] - “Solstitium Brumalis” 2009 [F] - “Light-emitting
diodes, in opmars…” Technologiewacht
Licht, VEI, 2009 [L] - “Misconcepties in de natuurkunde
vanuit de eigen ervaring:
Kleuren in de praktijk”
2008 [O] - “Light-emitting
diodes, een inleiding…” Nieuwe Lichtbronnen en Buitenverlichting, VEI, 2007
[L] |
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- “What constitutes emergent quantum reality?
A complex system exploration from entropic gravity and the universal constants”
2018 (Emergent Quantum Mechanics 2017 conference paper) [E] - “AURORA Technical
Note: Tropospheric ozone calculation” 2018 [A] - “Emergent quantum gravity:
Exploration of a Planck-scale complex system approach” 2017
(paper for the Beyond Spacetime 2017 prize competition for essays on Space and Time After Quantum Gravity) [E] - “Reality—revisited:
Constructing a complex theory of quantum gravity from the bottom up” 2015
(essay for the Gravity Research Foundation 2015 Awards for Essays on
Gravitation) [E] - “MIPAS Technical
Note: Methodology for switching among MIPAS vertical averaging kernel matrix
representations” 2014 [A] - “GOMOS Technical
Note: Influence of Envisat GOMOS data screening on IPF 6.01 ozone validation
results: Comparisons to GAW / NDACC / SHADOZ ozonesondes and lidars” 2012
(lead: D. Hubert) [A] - “Comparison
between results obtained with the KAHO near field goniophotometer and the
ETAP and R-Tech far field goniophotometer” 2011 [L] - “Modelling
and evaluation of high-power light-emitting diodes for general lighting”
KU Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2010 (PhD thesis, ISBN 9789460182563) [L] - “Wet van Coulomb
versus Gravitatiewet van Newton. Allemaal één pot kracht?!” 2008 [E] - “Monte
Carlo simulatie van extensive air showers voor de IceTop detector op
Antarctica” 2006 (MSc thesis) [A] |
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- Currently
(2008-present) around 40 peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings of
which Google
Scholar & ResearchGate helpfully provide automated overviews
and statistics |
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- 2019-present:
scientist (SW2), Space Pole, Brussels, Belgium - 2017-present: SCIENCESCRIPTS, Dendermonde, Belgium - 2012-2018:
scientist (SW1), Space Pole, Brussels, Belgium - 2018 (June): visiting scientist, Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam, Germany - 2017 (Dec.): visiting scholar, Université de Genève, Switzerland - 2011-2012:
research associate, Light &
Lighting Laboratory, Ghent, Belgium - 2010-2011: guest
researcher, National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA - 2008-2011: guest
lecturer, Universidad Nacional de Colombia,
Bogota, Colombia - 2006-2010:
engineering (optosemiconductor systems), PhD, KU Leuven, Belgium - 2008-2009:
course on philosophy of science, Ghent University, Belgium - 2006-2009:
teacher training (physics), Ghent University, Belgium - 2006 (Sept.): ecovolunteer, Toropets, Oblast Tver, Russia - 2002-2006:
physics (theoretical & computational), MSc, Ghent University, Belgium |
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- °1984 - Married... with children. - Member of BPS (since 2006) and HV (since 2013). - Alma Mater’s
major lessons: “Sapere aude!”
/ “Timeo hominem unius libri.” - Languages (in order of appearance): Dutch, French, English, German, html, Java, C++, Matlab, Python. - I call myself
(AO) absurdist (both the humourist and philosophical sense), atheist,
bibliophilist, Epicurist, freethinker-ist, emergentist, optimist, and realist (physics sense). - In line with my
pen name, I support PEN
International and Amnesty
International – Those who are too
smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are
dumber. (Plato) - Nobel Prize
laureates are mental Iron Man winners. I admire both (in contrast with
strongly sports-biased journalism). - Recreational
motto: Travel anywhere by reading; read
aptly while travelling. - Nichts ist wertvoller als der heutige Tag.
(J.W. von Goethe) |
© Arno Keppens 2017-2019