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issue 04, december 2005

editorialPandemic: how to avoid panic?
Pietro Greco
21/12/2005

The tsunami that took place on 26th December 2004 in the Indian Ocean and hurricane Katrina, that last August struck the Mexican Gulf, are two recent ...

focusThe WYP2005 for physics on the road to extinction
Marzia Mazzonetto, in collaboration with Maria Chiara Montani
21/12/2005

From exhibitions to theatrical performances, from fireworks to video games, countless events and ventures have been held all over the world in 2005 to mark ...

articleMad and murderous: two matricides reported by the Italian press before and after the Basaglia law
Silvia Bencivelli
21/12/2005

This study presents the results of a qualitative analysis based on 13 crime news articles from Italian newspapers, to show that the belief that mental ...

articleBetween understanding and appreciation. Current science communication in Denmark
Kristian Hvidtfelt Nielsen
21/12/2005

In this paper I use the concepts “understanding of science” and “appreciation of science” to analyze selected case studies of current science communication ...

commentBeautiful guides. The value of explainers in science communication
Paola Rodari, Maria Xanthoudaki
21/12/2005

During the last annual conference of ECSITE (European Collaborative for Science and Technology Exhibitions; Helsinki, June 2005), for the first time two ...

Antonio Gomes da Costa

Should explainers explain?

Leonardo Alfonsi

Literature review

reviewOpposing the “lessons of things”, for children and adults
Flavia Natércia da Silva Medeiros
21/12/2005

A review of two books recently published by Vieira & Lent, by the Casa da Ciência (House of Science) and by the Oswaldo Cruz Museu da Vida (Life ...