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Meet François Forget, a planetary scientist at the Laboratoire de Météo Dynamique in Paris. François is an atmospheric dynamicist: he and his team model other planetary atmospheres including Mars, Titan and exoplanets.
In this first episode, François will explain in simple terms what he does. We’ll also talk about Mars and what makes it such an interesting planet to study. Are we alone in the universe? Does life necessarily need water to develop? How can we look for evidence of water / life under the surface of planets we can’t even reach? Listen in!
Watch lectures by François Forget online:
Vocab List
ADN (nm) = DNA
alizé (nm) = trade wind
chauvin,e (adj) = chauvinistic, partisan ; nationalistic
effarant,e (adj) = amazing, astounding ; alarming, frightening
étalon (nm) = benchmark, yardstick
faille (nf) = fault, rift (geology)
indice (nm) = clue
mener une enquête = to lead an investigation
milliard = billion
mousson (nf) = monsoon
nain,e (n, adj) = dwarf
pas grand-chose = not much
planétologue (n) = planetary scientist
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Meet François Forget, a planetary scientist at the Laboratoire de Météo Dynamique in Paris. François is an atmospheric dynamicist: he and his team model other planetary atmospheres including Mars, Titan and exoplanets.
In this first episode, François will explain in simple terms what he does. We’ll also talk about Mars and what makes it such an interesting planet to study. Are we alone in the universe? Does life necessarily need water to develop? How can we look for evidence of water / life under the surface of planets we can’t even reach? Listen in!
Watch lectures by François Forget online:
Vocab List
ADN (nm) = DNA
alizé (nm) = trade wind
chauvin,e (adj) = chauvinistic, partisan ; nationalistic
effarant,e (adj) = amazing, astounding ; alarming, frightening
étalon (nm) = benchmark, yardstick
faille (nf) = fault, rift (geology)
indice (nm) = clue
mener une enquête = to lead an investigation
milliard = billion
mousson (nf) = monsoon
nain,e (n, adj) = dwarf
pas grand-chose = not much
planétologue (n) = planetary scientist
The post FV 122 INTRO: With planetary scientist François Forget (Part 1) appeared first on French Your Way.
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