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Sonia Abrão

Sonia Abrão is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sonia Abrão rather than just read about it. In short: Sonia Maria de Souza Abrão (born June 20, 1954) is a Brazilian journalist, television presenter and writer. She has worked for newspapers, magazines and TV networks such as SBT, RecordTV and RedeTV!.

Key takeaways

Sonia Abrão belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Sonia Abrão to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Sonia Abrão from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Sonia Maria de Souza Abrão (born June 20, 1954) is a Brazilian journalist, television presenter and writer. She has worked for newspapers, magazines and TV networks such as SBT, RecordTV and RedeTV!. Abrão has hosted various shows throughout her career, including Falando Francamente (2002–2004), Sonia e Você (2004–2006) and A Tarde É Sua, which is has been on air since 2006. In addition to her television work, she has published cookbooks, self-help books and a biography.

Biography Abrão was born in São Paulo on June 20, 1954, and graduated in journalism at the Faculdade Cásper Líbero. Throughout her career she has worked for newspapers and magazines such as Notícias Populares, Contigo!, Amiga and Diário de S. Paulo. In 1991 she debuted as a journalist for SBT's Aqui Agora, retaining her position until 1997, when she was invited to join Domingo Legal as a reporter. In 2002 she was given her first solo variety show, Falando Francamente, which ended its run in 2004 after she joined RecordTV. There she hosted Sonia e Você until 2006, when a series of divergences prompted her departure. Shortly after she was invited by RedeTV! to host A Tarde É Sua, which continues to be broadcast to the present day. Besides her career in television, Abrão has also published the cookbooks/memoirs Santas Receitas (2007) and Doces Lembranças (2013), the latter alongside her sister Margareth Abrão; the self-help books Abaixo a Mulher-Capacho! (2009) and Homens que Somem (2012); and As Pedras do Meu Caminho (2015), a biography of Polegar frontman Rafael Ilha.

Controversy On October 15, 2008, Brazilian girl Eloá Cristina Pimentel (age 15) was kidnapped and held hostage by her ex-boyfriend Lindemberg Alves in her own apartment. The kidnapping ultimately resulted in the death of Pimentel. During the ongoing hostage situation, Abrão interviewed Alves and Pimentel live by telephone on her RedeTV! show A Tarde É Sua, interfering with the hostage negotiations. Abrão's show, which had a daily average of 2 points on IBOPE, peaked at 5 points during the interview. According to sociologist and journalist Laurindo Leal Filho, who presented the program Ver TV on TV Câmara about ethics on television, the interference of a broadcaster in a case like this, besides being dangerous, is unconstitutional. The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) decided to file a public civil action against the presenter for airing the interview. The MP stated that the interviews interfered with ongoing police activity and put the lives of the teenager and those involved in the operation at risk, and asked for a compensation of 1.5 million reais for collective moral damage. In response to the criticism, Abrão stated she "would do it all over again".

Personal life A devout Catholic Christian, Abrão was married to entrepreneur Jorge Damião for 17 years (from 1988 to 2015), with whom she had a son; later in life she would reveal that, before getting pregnant by Jorge Fernando, she suffered a miscarriage. In 2017 she embraced veganism. She was a cousin of late Charlie Brown Jr. frontman Alexandre Magno Abrão, better known as Chorão.

References

External links Sonia Abrão at IMDb

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sonia Abrão

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sonia Abrão claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Sonia Abrão before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sonia Abrão ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Sonia Abrão

In research: Sonia Abrão appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Sonia Abrão in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Sonia Abrão is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1963 births, 20th-century Brazilian journalists, 20th-century Brazilian women journalists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sonia Abrão outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Sonia Abrão matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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