2016 Programme
Event #16
Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami
From the stars to Life: one, one hundred, one thousand Earths
Kant had it all figured out. In 1784 he stated: «Give me matter, and I’ll construct a world out of it». As baryonic matter that had just been produced by the Big Bang organized itself into the first generation of stars with the help of dark matter, it produced the nuclear furnaces that created the elements we are made from – stardust. The first stars don’t live long, they are too overweight. But their death fills space with a wealth of noble matter, capable, at the next generation of stars, of unifying into dust, rocks, and finally planets. Today we know there are very many: more than one for each star. They are the “infinite worlds” of Giordano Bruno, surrounding Leopardi’s “little stars”. Life on just one planet? It seems unlikely: we’ve found the building blocks of life in the cosmos and on comets, it won't be long before we realize it's we who are the Martians.
is an astrophysicist and writer. He has been present for some of the most important space physics missions of the past 40 years, and researches and tells the story of the sky as it can be seen from the Earth. As president of the Italian Space Agency and of the National Astrophysics Institute, he has tried (in vain) to focus our uncertain national investments on research, also drawing from his experience as the first Italian to head up the World Committee on Space Research. He is a member of the Accademia dei Lincei and of the Academy of France – country which has also appinted him with the Legion of Honor. He is learning more and more on science communication: today he is a collaborator for Repubblica and l'Espresso and the author of ten books which have been translated in many languages. For years, h has also had the privilege of working on television beside Piero Angela, and is the creator of programs for Nat Geo Channel and RAI Scuola.
Event #7
Alberto Mantovani
Immunity and the brain: a dialogue between two chief systems. From memory to vaccines.
Event #8Approfonditamente
Simona Argentieri, Stefano Gastaldi, Giovanna Montinari
New males: as teenagers, in couples, as fathers
Event #10
Ramak Fazel, Giorgio Vasta, Michele Lupi
Across the American deserts: a voyage through 20th century collective imagination
Event #15Approfonditamente
Paolo Boccara, Paola Carbone, Giuseppe Riefolo
The analyst at the movies: thinking by images
Event #25Approfonditamente
Paolo Cornaglia Ferraris, Giorgio Gazzolo, Nicola Gomirato, Gianvito Martino, Luca Pani, Enrico Valtellina
Asperger Talk Show
Event #30
Bruno Arpaia, Alessandro Zaccuri
The memory of space. The rubble of climate and rubbish in our homes
Event #31Approfonditamente
Alessandro Dal Lago, Serena Giordano, Ex Voto
Graffiti, tags and murals: when art extends to walls
Event #38
Paolo Rumiz, Alessandro Scillitani
The voice of the road. Words, sounds and images gathered along via Appia
