{"id":1163,"date":"2019-02-16T14:22:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T14:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esundy.nuclio.org\/?page_id=1163"},"modified":"2025-05-29T11:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:01:40","slug":"sundy-science-and-history-space","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esundy.nuclio.org\/index.php\/en\/island-of-principe\/sundy-science-and-history-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Sundy Science Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cabe-nos guardar esse patrim\u00f3nio material e imaterial extraordin\u00e1rio, abri-lo e d\u00e1-lo a conhecer a todos quanto queiram assimil\u00e1-lo.\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\r\n

\u00a0<\/em>Jo\u00e3o Cara\u00e7a in Carta de apoio \u00e0 iniciativa \u201cEddington na Sundy: 100 anos depois\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Sundy Science Space (SSS) is the physical legacy of the astronomical observations which took place at the iconic Ro\u00e7a Sundy. The space will offer its visitors a group of interactive experiences and, in connection to nature, will allow visitors to get familiar with the scientific heritage, which is related to Ro\u00e7a Sundy\u2019s history, but also offer scientific learning experiences which involve the visitor in the building of scientific knowledge. It is aimed at curious from 8 to 80 years old who reside in or visit the Island of Pr\u00edncipe, with a special interest for school audiences, educators, communicators and Science disseminators.<\/p>\r\n

100 years later, Einstein\u2019s boldest predictions gather in the place in which Eddington recorded the information that contributed to make Einstein a celebrity.<\/p>\r\n

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The choice of the place<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n

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Ro\u00e7a Sundy, as a built heritage goes back to the 19th<\/sup> century, having become iconic, during its history, also because of scientific history, but mainly due to the importance of the production of cocoa and coffee. Thus, integrated in the environment and profiting from the industrial heritage, scenes from the period will be recreated from the machinery existing on site, so that Science does not disconnect from History and from Ro\u00e7a Sundy\u2019s path in its different facets.<\/p>\r\n

The place designated to constitute the build section of SSS was, in previous times, a cocoa and coffee dryer, named electrical dryer or, as it is known by the local population, the \u201cFerro-Ferro Museum. It is dated from the fifth decade of the 20th<\/sup> century and represents one of the stages of the Ro\u00e7a\u2019s development, in which scientific knowledge and the associated technologies were directly applied in the plantations and the island\u2019s productions. It will be made up of a physical space in Ro\u00e7a Sundy and a set of Science Trails, which will peak at that place and in which connections between the Sciences of the Sea, Land and Air will be explored.<\/p>\r\n

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Sundy Science and History experience<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n

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Going through the Science Trails<\/strong> is an experience in which Science, Nature and local Culture merge in a process of awareness for especially relevant subjects related to science and local culture. In Pr\u00edncipe, this experience becomes unique due to the wealth of biodiversity and the island\u2019s historical and cultural context.<\/p>\r\n

A very small version of an interferometer will allow the visitors to understand the confirmation of Einstein\u2019s theory. It will be accompanied by and exhibit focused on Eddington\u2019s original observation of the deflection of light named Light deviated by the Sun – PT<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>which covers the basic ideas of general relativity and quantum mechanics.<\/p>\r\n

The ex-libris is the Planetarium<\/strong> which is planned for the space will serve the local population and visitors. This project is part of a medium-term plan which strategically uses Astronomy as a tool for development.<\/p>\r\n

Apart from what has already been mentioned, period scenes will appear in SSS resorting to models which historically accommodate the industrial heritage that exists therein. This intervention can begin after the space\u2019s opening in May 2019.<\/p>\r\n

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Mission<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n

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SSS aims at being a means of signalling on site the historical connection to Science, safeguarding the legacy of a scientific event of the utmost importance, apart from allowing the consolidation of projects and initiatives developed in the island of Pr\u00edncipe related to this historical episode.<\/p>\r\n

To that end, its objectives are:<\/p>\r\n