2016 Program
Event #5 BIS
Guido Tonelli
The birth of space (and time)
Through the LHC, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, we are attempting to reconstruct the first moments in the life of the universe. By returning tiny shreds of matter to their condition immediately following the Big Bang, the particles that populated the primordial universe 13.9 billion years ago can be reproduced in a laboratory. It’s a voyage back through time to the non-place everything came from, the strange singularity that gave origin to space (and time). Understanding its origin means reconstructing in detail the subtle mechanisms through which the universe around us has acquired the physical properties we are familiar with as well, perhaps, as discovering something about its end.
a physicist at CERN, professor at the University of Pisa and associated researcher at INFN, was one of the key players in discovering the Higgs boson. The important result garnered François Englert and Peter Higgs the Nobel prize for physics in 2013. After taking part in research projects in Europe and in the U.S., he focused on the CMS project at CERN. As head of the CMS Collaboration in 2010-11, he led the hunt for the most elusive particle in the history of physics, at its most crucial moments. He has received numerous international prizes and awards for his contribution to this discovery. The most prestigious among these include the Special Prize for Fundamental Physics, the Enrico Fermi Prize and the Medal of Honor assigned by the President of the Italian Republic. In 2016 he published the book La nascita imperfetta delle cose (Rizzoli).
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
