Articoli rivista
Anno XLII - n.4 - ottobre/dicembre 2009 Centoquaranta fonti… quattrocento anni fa
In the International Year of Astronomy this article discusses some little known aspects of how scientists shared scientific observations and discoveries in Galileo’s times. […]
Anno XXXI - n.3 - luglio/settembre 1998 Che cosa ci insegnano i fenomeni di luce ed ombra sulla luna
Already in ancient times the observation of lunar phases and eclipses allowed to speculate on the distances of sun and moon and to estimate the moon’s dimensions. The article, based on the writings of Aristarchus, shows how the phenom-enological observations can lead to a comprehensible general atronomical view of the Earth, […]
Anno XXXVIII - n.2 - aprile/giugno 2005 Che può fare un professore come te o un alunno come il tuo con un libro di testo come questo? Suggerimenti di attività poco convenzionali
Unconventional activities and tasks based on writings found in science textbooks are suggested to teachers and students. The aim of the activities is to foster critical awareness in appraising information and learning from one’s own learning. […]
Anno XXXVI - n.4 - ottobre/dicembre 2003 Chirurgia acustica
Bursts of focused ultrasound energy three orders of magnitude more intense than diagnostic ultrasound are emerging as a noninvasive option for treating cancer and other medical procedures. […]
Anno XXIX - n.1 - gennaio/marzo 1996 Cicerone e la cosmologia platonica
“Somnium Scipionis”, the final fragment of Cicero’s “Republica”, written in a poetic and cultured style, summarises the most essential ideas of Platonic cosmology. It hands down to posterity, also through its interpreters, Macrobius in particular, the design of a universe governed by mathematical principles. […]