In the Renaissance, Italy is the protagonist of a profound renewal both in the artistic field and in that of “natural philosophy”, then called science. Just think of the “dolce prospettiva” in painting and of the battle of Galileo Galilei …
Yesterday the ShanghaiTech Summer School hosted a full day dedicated to the origin of human beings. A series of lectures together with Prof. Francesco d’Errico from the University of Bordeaux with its talk on the “Origin of Symbolic Thinking in …
The German cell physiologist Bert Sackman will be our exceptional guest again this year. Nobel Prize winner in 1991, together with Erwin Neher, “for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells”, Sackman will honour us with …
The famous Italian researcher Francesco d’Errico will be our special guest in a full day dedicated to palaeoanthropology. During his career, this “scientific globetrotter”, as the University of Bordeaux calls the director of the CNRS Ecology and Environment Institute, has taken part …
To set the stage for considering the development that philosophy of science had in Italy, it is worthwhile to consider two main tendencies, present in the early stages of the Italian reflection on science. One was critical rationalism and the other was operationalism. …
On August 23rd, guided by Professor Ilaria Andreoli, teachers and students of Shanghai University of Science and Technology visited the School of San Rocco and the Palazzo Rezzonico in Venice. The Scuola Grande di San Rocco is a lay confraternity …
19th August, Venice – DAY 1 – ShanghaiTech Summer School 2018 Thousands of different shapes of pasta, rich body language, Venice without cars and bicycles: welcome to Italy, 2018 ShanghaiTech Summer Camp has officially opened!
The Course will be organized in three separate, special locations: Venice, Asiago and Padova. Many tours to interesting sites will be also part of this stimulating summer school; for example a day-trip to Vicenza, a nominated UNESCO World Heritage Site …
The 38 students of the 2nd edition of the ShanghaiTech Summer School have finally landed in Venice. After weather problems and delays of many kinds they managed to reach the “ascetic” Don Orione Foundation in the city center of the …
The 12 voices of the Sinfonia Armonica, who sang for us some merveillous madrigals by Giovan Battista Strozzi, Ludovico Ariosto, Bernardo Tasso, Girolamo Parabosco, Giovan Battista Guarini, directed by Maestro Sergio Balestracci, were true poems for our ears. The students …