MARCILIO DE FREITAS

Marcílio de Freitas is a retired professor of the Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil. He was State Secretary of Science and Technology at the State of Amazonas, Brazil, between 2007 and 2010. Marcílio has published books and scientific articles on science education, philosophy, sociology of sciences, environmental physics, and policies of development in Brazilian Amazonia. Recent publications: Coauthor: “Socioanthropology of techniques and environments”; Author: “Amazonia, in verses”; “Amazonia: redemption or destruction”; “Amazonia: life, utopias, and hopes” - all published by Dialética Publishing, SP; “Amazonia and the children of sustainability,” Ipê das Letras Publishing, SP; “Metamorphoses of sustainability: fantastic visions of the Amazonia,” Trêvo Publishing, SP – all published in 2025 and in the Portuguese language; “Who Will Save Amazonia? World Heritage or Full Destruction,” Nova Science Publishers, NY, 2021; and “The Future of Amazonia in Brazil: A Worldwide Tragedy,” Peter Lang Publishing, NY, 2020.