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Tempos Modernos

Tempos Modernos 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 Tempos Modernos rather than just read about it. In short: Tempos Modernos (English: Modern Times) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 11 January 2010, replacing Caras & Bocas, and ended on 16 July 2010, replaced by Ti Ti Ti.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Tempos Modernos (English: Modern Times) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 11 January 2010, replacing Caras & Bocas, and ended on 16 July 2010, replaced by Ti Ti Ti. The series is written by Bosco Brasil, with the collaboration of Izabel de Oliveira, Maria Elisa Berredo, Mário Teixeira and Patrícia Moretzsohn. It stars Fernanda Vasconcellos, Thiago Rodrigues, Antônio Fagundes, and Eliane Giardini. Priscila Fantin, Danton Mello, Marcos Caruso, Regiane Alves, Vivianne Pasmanter, Otávio Muller, Felipe Camargo, and Malu Galli also star in main roles.

Cast Fernanda Vasconcellos as Cornélia Cordeiro Santos Reis "Nelinha" Thiago Rodrigues as José Carlos Pimenta Cordeiro "Zeca" Antônio Fagundes as Leal Cordeiro Eliane Giardini as Hélia Pimenta Priscila Fantin as Nara Nolasco Marcos Caruso as Otto Niemann Vivianne Pasmanter as Regiane Cordeiro Mourão Regiane Alves as Goretti Cordeiro Bodanski "Gô" Otávio Muller as Altemir Assunção da Paz Bodanski (Bodanski) Felipe Camargo as Vinícius Porto de Mello "Portinho" Danton Mello as Renato Vieira de Mattos Alessandra Maestrini as Benedita Kusnezov Piñon "Dita'" Leonardo Medeiros as Ramon Piñon Guilherme Weber as Albano Mourão Grazi Massafera as Deodora Madureira Niemann / N. Anne Malu Galli as Iolanda Paranhos Guilherme Leicam as Led Piñon Aline Peixoto as Jannis Piñon Caroline Abras as Katrina João Baldasserini as Túlio Osório Débora Duarte as Tertuliana "Tertu" Otávio Augusto as Faustaço Lumbriga Selma Egrei as Tamara Palumbo Genézio de Barros as Pasquale Paula Possani as Maureen Lobianco Ricardo Blat as Fidélio Pascoal da Conceição as Zuppo Tuna Dwek as Justine Jairo Mattos as Gaulês "Jean Paul" Luciana Borghi as Bárbara Lee Cris Vianna as Tita Bicalho Edmilson Barros as Lindomar Mariano Assunção Cláudia Missura as Lavínia Palumbo Victor Pecoraro as Ricardo Maurício "Maurição" Naruna Costa as Dolores Damasceno Antônio Fragoso as Zapata Fabrício Boliveira as Nabuco Mota Eliana Pittman as Miranda Paranhos Márcio Seixas as Frankenstein "Frank" (voice) Joana Lerner as Heloísa "Helô" Darlan Cunha as João Carlos Paranhos "Joca" Janaína Ávila as Milena Morgado Anderson Lau as Okuda Alexandra Martins as Dulcinólia Lumbriga "Duba" Paulo Leal de Melo as Raulzão "Ducha Fria" Cássio Inácio as Tartana Gilberto Miranda as Madrugadinha Rafa Martins as Max do Cavaco Isabel Lobo as Thaís Trancoso Alexandre Cioletti as Valvênio Xandy Britto as Nelsinho Pallotti Polliana Aleixo as Maria Eunice Cordeiro Bodanski Ana Karolina Lannes as Maria Eugênia Cordeiro Bodanski Rebeca Orestein as Maria Helena Cordeiro Bodanski Jenifer de Oliveira Andrade as Maria Clara Cordeiro Bodanski

References

External links Tempos Modernos at IMDb

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tempos Modernos

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tempos Modernos 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 Tempos Modernos 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 Tempos Modernos 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 Tempos Modernos

In research: Tempos Modernos 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 Tempos Modernos 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: Tempos Modernos is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2010 Brazilian television series debuts, 2010 Brazilian television series endings, 2010 telenovelas, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tempos Modernos 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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How to study Tempos Modernos in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Tempos Modernos means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Tempos Modernos out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Tempos Modernos in simple terms?

Why does Tempos Modernos 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.

How should I study Tempos Modernos?

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.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Tempos Modernos.