The opening ceremony of the 230th Academic year has taken place on May 10th, 2012 at the Library in Villa Torlonia, Rome. Carlo Doglioni, Professor of Structural Geology at Sapienza University of Rome; Pierdomenico Perata, Professor of Plant Physiology at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa; Luciano Mayol Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University Federico II…
DetailsThe IV meeting ‘History and Memoirs of the National Institute of Health’, promoted by the Institute, presents unpublished information that represents a rich account of the history of Italian public health. Speakers: Monica Bettoni, Carla Basili, Carlo Cecere, Emilia Chiancone, Edoardo Currà, Paola De Castro, Rosalia Ferrara, Enrico Garaci, Rodolfo Gaudio, Cesira Paolini, Alessandro Portelli. The…
DetailsAppeal to the President of the Republic in favor of science and scientific culture – The 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy represents the ideal occasion to recall the important role played by scientists. This recollection cannot be simply commemorative since a profound and expert knowledge of reality and its languages has become and will…
DetailsThe series of meetings started in 2008 to present the study program of the National Committee ‘Science in Southern Italy from the country’s unification’ (‘La Scienza nel Mezzogiorno dall’Unità d’Italia ad oggi) and the related volume ‘Science in Southern Italy after Italy’s Unification’ (La Scienza nel Mezzogiorno dopo l’Unità d’Italia’), published by Rubbettino, ends today…
DetailsThe Meeting is promoted in the framework of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Italy’s Unification. The Italian scientific community played a major role during the unification process, the so-called Risorgimento, and in the creation of the Unified State. This is borne out by the presence of important scientific figures like Stanislao Cannizzaro, Carlo Matteucci, Quintino…
DetailsThe National Academy of Sciences remembers the beloved President prof. Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza, together with Authorities, colleagues and pupils during the ceremony that will take place at the Sala degli Atti Parlamentari of the Biblioteca del Senato ‘Giovanni Spadolini’ (Piazza della Minerva 38). at 9.30 a.m. Speakers: Alessandro Ballio, Luigi Berlinguer, Gerardo Bianco, Antonio Blanco,…
DetailsRimini, September 21st-23rd, 2011 The Group was founded in 1986 by scholars with both a chemical and humanistic training. This characteristic feature still distinguishes the Group from other Societies of history of Science focused on single disciplines. The Academy publishes the Proceedings of the national meetings which take place every other year. Link to…
Details‘Agriculture and Agricultural Sciences in Southern Italy during the 150 years of Unified Italy’ by Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza in the framework of the XL National Congress of the Italian Society of Agronomy Teramo, September 7th-10th, 2011 Fellow Prof. Enrico Porceddu will present the tome on Agricultural Science by the late Academy President prof. Gian…
DetailsPavia, September 8th – 10th, 2011 The international meeting to be held at the University of Pavia wants to highlight the figure of R. G. Boscovich, eminent mathematician, physicist, astronomer who was without doubt one of the most representative cosmopolitan scientists of the XVIII century in Italy. A round table discussion on the perspectives opened…
DetailsAssisi, September 15th, 2011 The Meeting, promoted by the Academy in the framework of the long term collaboration with the Sacro Convento in Assisi, will take place like every year in the Papal Hall at the Sacro Convento. Following the line of the previous conferences which presented the scientific view on subjects like ‘Environmental education…
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