Manuel Toharia Cortés is a Spanish science writer, museum director, and television personality.

Biography and career

Born on August 3, 1944 in

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, Toharia is the Science Director of the

City of Arts and Sciences The City of Arts and Sciences ( vl, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències ; es, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias ) is a cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in th ...

, and the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum in

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, since taking the post in 1999. Toharia holds a degree in

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

from the

Universidad Complutense de Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; UCM, links=no, ''Universidad de Madrid'', ''Universidad Central de Madrid''; la, Universitas Complutensis Matritensis, links=no) is a public research university lo ...

, which is specializing in astrophysics. From 1970 to 1979, he was the editor of the science section of the Spanish newspaper, Informaciones, and was one of the most popular figures in Spanish television as the "weather man" on

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(TVE), until the early 1980s. In 1991, he wrote and published a children's book called, ''Momentos Estelares de la Ciencia'' (English version as "The Highlights of Science and its Greatest Scientists and Inventors"), which is illustrated by Willi Glasauer, and published by Círculo de Lectores. This children's book includes fun facts, trivia, and information accompanied by photos and Willi Glasauer's illustrations of the likes of

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, the evolution of

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, Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright, Alexander Graham Bell,

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended ...

, Archimedes,

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, the

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Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus * lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo * es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón * pt, Cristóvão Colombo * ca, Cristòfor (or ) * la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...

, and Rube Goldberg. Toharia directed and hosted various science programs on TVE, including '' Alcores'' (1981–1983), '' Última Frontera'' (1983–1984), '' Viva la Ciencia'' (1990), and '' El Alambique'' (1989) on

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References

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