Frederic Gaspoz

Energy Challenges of the 21st Century

Our society evolves towards an increase in oil production. As it needs to always make progress, it leads to a continuous increase of demand for products and services in developed countries. Frederic Gaspoz explains that the effectiveness of the energy use, so-called energy intensity (energy to gross domestic product, GDP), is in continuous improvement every year in all sectors (industry... (posted by Frederic 1 year 253 days ago.)

Globalization and Risk Mitigating Policies

According to most economists, globalization is a source of economic growth and prosperity. On the other side, as exponents of a mix of interests ranging from labour advocates to environmentalists argue, it is a threat to social stability and the natural environment. Frederic Gaspoz asks: Has economic integration advanced so far that national governments are virtually powerless to... (posted by Frederic 1 year 264 days ago.)

The history of Penicillin

Though the term of microbiology includes the study of all micro-organisms, Frederic Gaspoz explains that this term was rarely used at the beginning of the 20 th century to indicate the activity of laboratories which practiced this discipline and which were more generally called laboratories of bacteriology, because this branch was dominant at that the time as well by its importance as by the... (posted by Frederic 1 year 264 days ago.)

Risk and Rationality

In the same way that 1 kilogram is always 1 kilogram and 1 hour is always 1 hour, risk can be measured, and a certain risk is always the same risk. Is it really true? - asks Frederic Gaspoz. An object of 1 kilogram on earth has another weight on the moon. According to Einstein, even time is relative. For a young sportsman 1 kilogram is nothing, for an old lady 1 kilogram is heavy. Sometimes, for example... (posted by Frederic 1 year 327 days ago.)