At the left hand side, please observe Gaston Lagaffe. Born in 1957 in the mind of Belgian
André Franquin, Gaston, known to the Flemish-speaking as
Guust Flater, looks a little disturbed. Looks like he is thinking about... solar energy.
The myth was around for years, but I only checked for the first time today: rumour has it that our famous Belgian cartoon figure once published at the side of a professor affiliated with Ghent University.
Below the proof: yes he did.
The reference in full:| Title: |
| The maximum efficiency of the conversion of solar energy into wind energy |
| Authors: |
| de Vos, Alexis; Flater, Guust |
| Affiliation: |
| Laboratorium voor elektronika en meettechniek, Rijksuniversiteit te Gent, Sint Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, BelgiumGuustFlaterFlater's Technology n.v., Bontinckstraat 83, B-9290 Berlare, Belgium |
| Publication: |
| American Journal of Physics, Volume 59, Issue 8, pp. 751-754 (1991). |
| Publication Date: |
| 08/1991 |
| Origin: |
| AIP |
| Keywords: |
| 140100170100SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION, EFFICIENCY, LIMITING VALUES, WIND POWER, HEAT ENGINES, EARTH ATMOSPHERE, MATHEMATICAL MODELS |
| Abstract Copyright: |
| (c) 1991: American Institute of Physics |
| DOI: |
| 10.1119/1.16756 |
| Bibliographic Code: |
| 1991AmJPh..59..751D |
Seems like reality beats fiction again.
At the left hand side, please observe Gaston Lagaffe. Born in 1957 in the mind of Belgian André Franquin, Gaston, known to the Flemish-speaking as Guust Flater, looks a little disturbed. Looks like he is thinking about... solar energy.
