The 2019 Medals of the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL for Mathematics, the Physical and Natural Sciences, and the Matteucci Medal have been awarded. The first two medals are the most ancient scientific prizes awarded by the Kingdom of Italy just after the country reached its unity. They were created in 1866 by…
DetailsAnnibale Mottana, the recently elected president of the “Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL”, the Italian National Academy of Sciences, will open the 237th Academic Year on May 23, 2019. The inauguration ceremony shall be dedicated to the memory of Professor Emilia Chiancone, the past president of the Academy who suddenly passed away on…
DetailsDuring recent years history of agriculture received new understanding by connecting itself to land evolution, relationships to industry and to science upgrade. The Meeting plans to scrutinize the written sources of Italian agriculture during 19-20th centuries having in mind of put different disciplinary visions together and receive from them evidence that may point out the…
DetailsOn the occasion of Open House 2019, the international event that aims at valuing the cultural and architectural heritage through the engagement of the whole territory, the headquarters of the Academy will be opened to the public in May on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12. The event will take place in the framework of ‘Eureka’, the…
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The first event publicising the italian Portal of Science Archives (PSA) will be held in Rome on February 25, 2019 at the Library of the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL (the XL Academy). The Portal is a joint project of the XL Academy and of the National Museum of Science and Technology “ Leonardo da Vinci” based in…
DetailsThe Science Archives Portal, a joint endeavour of the Academy and of the Science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci in Milan (with the contribution of MIUR, the italian Ministry for higher Education and Research), will be officially presented during two public events to be held in Rome (February 25) and Milan (March 4). The…
DetailsAccademia dei XL confirms its committment to promote and organize a national network coordinating Citizen Science in Italy, in close collaboration with the Museum of Natural History in Milano, and the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA). On february 1-2, a round table will be held at the Library of the Academy in Rome. The meeting,…
DetailsThe presentation of the volume “Descriptions of Castelporziano at the time of the Grand Tour” will take place on December 18 at the Library of the National Academy of Sciences called of the XL. The volume, by Professor Elena Gajeri, has been realized thanks to the collaboration between the General Secretariat of the Presidency of…
DetailsOn the fiftieth anniversary of the death of this distinguished scientist, the National Academy of Sciences called of the XL, the Italian Geographical Society, and the International Association of Mediterranean and Eastern Studies (ISMEO), organize the meeting ‘Giotto Dainelli: geographer, geologist, explorer’ to be held in Rome on December 10 and 11, 2018. Giotto Dainelli,…
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