issue 02, june 2007

editorial

University in the 21st Century

Pietro Greco

21/06/2007

The Scientific Communications Act of 2007 (HR 1453) was introduced by the US House of Representatives on 9th March. The National Science Foundation, an ...

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The spectacle of science aloft

Cristina Olivotto

21/06/2007

Since the first pioneering balloon flight undertaken in France in 1783, aerial ascents became an ordinary show for the citizens of the great European cities ...

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Museums for Science Education: can we make the difference? The case of the EST project

Maria Xanthoudaki, Brunella Tirelli, Patrizia Cerutti, Sara Calcagnini

21/06/2007

This paper addresses the role of museums in education in science and technology through the discussion of a specific project entitled EST “Educate in ...

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The role of science centres and museums in the dialogue between science and society

Paola Rodari, Matteo Merzagora

21/06/2007

In a meta-analysis carried out in 2002, the two main associations of science centres and museums (ASTC, mainly US-centered, and ECSITE, mainly European) ...

Pietro Greco

Science museums in a knowledge-based society

Juan Nepote

The first kiss of science - From interactivity to dialogue

Adel Zouaoui

Education, facilitation and inclusion - The tunisinian experience

Michele Lanzinger

The science and society movement and the MUSE project

Paola Rodari, Matteo Merzagora

The Lisbon post-its: how science-in-society issues were reflected in the last ECSITE meetings

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History, science and society. Research on science in Italy in the modern and contemporary world

Francesca Riccioni

21/06/2007

The digitalization process of historical archives, which has been taking place over the past few years, shows that the study of history of science is ...