User:ThiagoSousaSilveira/Pirula
| Pirula | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | Paulo Miranda Nascimento August 14, 1981 |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Subscribers | + 900 thousand (2020)[1] |
| Total views | + 100 million (2020)[1] |
Paulo Miranda Nascimento (São Paulo, 14 de agosto de 1981), also known as Pirula or Pirulla, is a Brazilian paleontologist, youtuber, zoologist, lecturer and a scientific disseminator.
Pirula is a bachelor of Biology by Mackenzie Presbyterian University and, he is master and PhD in Zoology by University of São Paulo. His PhD thesis is named "Revision of the Baurusuchidae family and its phylogenetic affinities within Mesoeucrocodylia".[2][3] Paulo has also been a professor of evolution and palaeontology in colleges and schools.[4]
Pirula created his YouTube channel in 2006, named Canal do Pirulla, in which he discusses science, environment, religion and politics[5], in long and detailed videos..[6]
Pirula has been awarded the Social Media Education Influencer Award in the sixth edition of the Shorty Awards, in 2014[7]. In 2016, together with Laranjeira, Simões, Estevão and other Brazilian social media influencers, Pirula founded another YouTube channel, Bláblálogia, also focused in communicating science to common audiences.[8]
As a critic of the means Brazilian media portraits scientific topics,[9] Pirula was one of the founders of the Science Vlogs Brazil project, Pirula foi um dos criadores do projeto Science Vlogs Brasil, a conglomerate of YouTube channels focused on science and education which aims to unify Brazilian popular science influencers nacionais agains fake news and anti-scientific information on the internet.[10]
In July 2019, together with Gilmar Lopes the creator and maintainer of the fact-checking website E-farsas, he debuted a series of videos named "Fake em Nóis" on the MOV.show channel, which belongs to the producer MOV on the UOL portal.
In December 2020, Pirula's channel has 923 thousand subscribers and about 100 million views.[11]
Published Books[edit]
- Darwin sem frescura, co-author: Reinaldo José Lopes. HarperCollins Brasil (2019). ISBN 978-0000185570
- ^ a b "About Pirulla". YouTube.
- ^ "Egressos". www.ib.usp.br. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ "Pirulla". Universidade Católica de Santos. 2017. Retrieved 16 de agosto de 2017.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ^ ABREU, Fabiano de (15 de fevereiro de 2016). "Conheça o Pirula, um dos fenômenos do Youtube". Cartão de Visita. Retrieved 16 de agosto de 2017.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help) - ^ VON, Ronnie (8 de agosto de 2016). "Conversa com Pirula". TV Gazeta. Retrieved 23 de agosto de 2017.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help) - ^ ZORZI, André Carlos (15 de maio de 2016). "Na contramão do YouTube, 'Canal do Pirulla' chega a 30 milhões de visualizações". Estadão. Retrieved 16 de agosto de 2017.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help) - ^ "Shorty Awards Winners Announced". Deadline. 7 de abril de 2014. Retrieved 20 de agosto de 2017.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help) - ^ "Novo canal de divulgação científica chega ao Youtube". Revista Galileu (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ^ "Pirula e jornalismo científico". Folha de S. Paulo. 30 de abril de 2016. Retrieved 25 de agosto de 2017.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help) - ^ "Vlogueiros se unem para criar canal de divulgação científica de qualidade". Revista Galileu (Globo). 4 de março de 2016. Retrieved 25 de agosto de 2017.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help) - ^ "pirulla25 YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 07/05/2020.
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