Mario Gargantini
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The Wonder That Inspired The Greatest Scientists Off
All Time In Their Own Words by Marco Bersanelli
and Mario Gargantini Templeton Press – September 2009 The
book offers a guided path through the human experience of scientific
research, collecting personal passages from 120 great scientists from all
times (among others: Galileo, Faraday, Mendel, Curie, Einstein, Shroedinger,
Fermi, Severi, Lorenz, Feynman, Eccles). The reader is lead to rediscover
science as an expression of human quest for ultimate meaning, and to realise
how deep and unavoidable is the link between scientists’ motivation and the
religious sense. |
Mario Gargantini
was born in Melzo (
In 1970 he graduated in Electronic Engineer from the Politecnico di Milano.
He taught Physics and Math in high school for twenty years and carried
out research on science teaching and learning. He dedicated to the formation of
teachers by being speaker in many professional courses organized by the
Catholic University (Milan and Santa Fe – Argentina), the University of the Republic of
San Marino, Irrsae Lombardia (Regional Institute of Educational Research) and Diesse (Association for Teaching
Innovation).
Since 1979 he has worked as a scientific journalist, collaborating with
several newspapers, magazines and websites.
In 1987 he won the Glaxo Award and in 1990 he won the Federchimica
Award, both for science communication.
From 1990 to 2008 he was technical director of the magazines Automazione
e Strumentazione and Chimica News, now published by Edizioni
FieraMilano.
He undertook some collaboration with important companies such as Arthur
Andersen, Hewlett Packard, Smau, the Beta80 Group, the Sec Group.
Since 1993 he has also been curator of 13
scientific exhibitions especially for the Meeting for Friendship among
Peoples in
He is one of the founders and the director of Emmeciquadro, a journal on science teaching.
He is lecturer in the Master on Science and Faith at the Pontifical
University Regina Apostolorum in
He is also member of the UGIS
Association (the Italian Scientific Journalists Association) and of the
Euresis Association (Association for the Promotion of the Scientific
Endeavour).
He is the author of the books:
I Papi &
Uomo di scienza, uomo di fede, ElleDiCi, Turin1991 – a
collection of essays on relevant scientific and religious issues with a
selection of emblematic scientists;
Solo lo stupore conosce (with Marco Bersanelli), BUR-Rizzoli, Milan 2003
La cultura scientifica
nella scuola (editor),
Marietti, Milan 2006 - essays on science teaching;
and co-author of some other books, such as:
Interdisciplinary Encyclopaedia of Religion
and Science, edited by Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti and Alberto
Strumia, Urbaniana University Press and Città Nuova, Rome 2002. Mario
Gargantini is the author of the articles: Science
Communication, Magisterium of Catholic Church, Science Teaching,
Max Planck;
Questione cristiana e
coscienza ecologica (Morcelliana, Brescia 1988),
Habitat un ambiente per
vivere
(Jaca Book, Milan 1994),
Galileo Galilei tra realtà
e mito
(Itacalibri, Castel Bolognese 2000)
Con Galileo oltre Galileo, Sugarco Edizioni, 2009.
Professional Profile
Electronic
Engineer - Physics Teacher - Scientific Journalist
Specialization:
Science Communication
Design - Direction - Editing -
Assessment
of:
- Books
- Multimedia
- Training for teachers
- Exhibitions
- Conferences
Fields of interest
Natural Sciences
Technologies
History and Philosophy of
Science
Books - Multimedia
- Exhibitions
- Training
Books
Anthology of the
Catholic Teaching about Science from Pope Leon XIII to John Paul II
Jaca Book, 1985
· Ecology and Christian
Conscience
A. Caprioli and L. Vaccaro eds.
Contribute: The
Christians and Environmental Themes
Morcelliana, 1988
Emblematic Characters and
Problems
Elle Di Ci, 1991 (distributed by Itacalibri)
· Habitat, an
Environment to Live
Contribute: Clean Technologies:
a Turn for Industry?
Jaca Book, 1994
· Learning Physics: a Guided
Re-invention Process
Maria Elisa Bergamaschini, Barbara Chierichetti, Antonella Campaner,
Mario Gargantini, Patrizia Iotti, Paolo Marazzini, Marco Mauri, Lorenzo Mazzoni
Diesse 1997
· Galileo, between
reality and myth
A reader path
M.E. Bergamaschini, M. Gargantini, L. Mazzoni, G. Mangiarotti, F.
Tornaghi
Itacalibri,
2000
· Interdisciplinary Encyclopaedia of Religion and
Science
edited by
Giuseppe
Tanzella-Nitti e Alberto Strumìa
Urbaniana University Press and Città
Nuova, Rome 2002
· Scientific Culture and School
with contributes by: M. Bersanelli, G. Del Re, G.M. Prosperi, L. Mazzoni, M.E. Bergamaschini, M.C. Speciani, V. Demaldé
Marietti, Itacalibri, 2006
Magazines
and Newspapers
·
Avvenire
·
Cultura Oggi
·
Emmeciquadro (Science, Education and Teaching)
·
Kos
·
Il Giornale
·
Il Nuovo Aeropago
·
Il Sabato
·
Insegnare Religione
·
L'Umana Avventura
·
Mondo Erre
·
Nuova Secondaria
·
Tracce
Pamphlets and Brochures
- On Nuclear Energy
Edit,
1987
·
Teaching Science in Primary
School
Diesse-Cesed, 1989
·
The Waste Problem
Amsa, 1991
·
Talking or Doing Science?
Proceedings
of the First National Congress of SEED (Science Education and Teaching)
Diesse-Cesed, 1995
Multimedia
- Galaxies Symphony
·
Planets Dance
·
A Wonderful Earth
·
The Greatness of Man
Set
of Slides with Documentation
Diagroup
Collection ElleDiCi ,
1984
Exhibitions
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Meeting for
Friendship among Peoples, Rimini 1990
with Mario
Gallo
(to hire:
Liceo Scientifico "Alexis Carrel", 02-4151517)
Meeting for
Friendship among Peoples, Rimini 1992
with Carlo
Sommaruga
The days of Wits
Eight
Centuries of Techological Creativity in the European Middle Age
Meeting for
Friendship among Peoples, Rimini 1994
with Gian Luca Lapini and Antonio Prina
Advisors:
Leo Moulin and Jean Gimpel
Let Know the Ways (Sci Vias)
The Paths
of Simple People Showed by Hildegard of Bingen
Meeting for
Friendship among Peoples, Rimini 1996
with M. A.
Crippa and Gian Luca Lapini
and with
Centro Studi S. Ildegarda,
Imago Mundi
The Image
of the Universe through the Centuries
Meeting for
Friendship among Peoples, Rimini 1997
Coordination
of the Exhibition performed by the Association Euresis
based on
the book Imago Mundi (ed. Biblos - Padova)
by
Francesco Bertola
Ready, start … go
Hypotheses
and documents on the origin of Life
Meeting for
Friendship among Peoples, Rimini 1998
with Elio Sindoni and Paolo Tortora
and with
Euresis
1799, the current was born
The Life
and works of Alessandro Volta
Meeting for
Friendship among Peoples, Rimini 1999
with G.
Bonera,
and with
Euresis
Galileo, myth and reality
Meeting for
Friendship among Peoples, Rimini 1996
with M.E. Bergamaschini, S. Feliciani, L. Mazzoni, G. Mangiarotti, A. Poli, F. Tornagli
Truth Seekers
Aspects of
the dialogue between scientists and the Church
Meeting for
Friendship Amongst People, Rimini 2003
Coordinator: Mario Gargantini
Staff: Raffaele Cossa, Gabriele Mangiarotti, Lorenzo Mazzoni, Franco Parrocchetti
Consultant: S.E. Mons. Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, padre George Coyne, prof. Luigi Negri, prof. Alberto Strumia, prof. Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti
In
cooperation with:
Einstein 1905. The genius at work
Meeting for
Friendship Amongst People, Rimini 2004
Coordinator: Mario Gargantini
Staff: Enrico Gamba, Giorgio Guidi, Michele Isacchini, Lorenzo Mazzoni, Luca Signorini
Scientific
Consultant: Silvio Bergia
On the Giants Shoulders
Meeting for
Friendship Amongst People, Rimini 2005
Coordinator: Mario Gargantini
Staff: Marco Bersanelli, Nicola Sabatini, Elio Sindoni
Scientific Consultant: Alessandro Ghisalberti, Peter Hodgson, Paolo Ponzio, Alberto Strumia,Luca Tampellini
Why So Many Stars? The Milky Way Between
Science, History and Art
Meeting for
Friendship Amongst People, Rimini 2006
Staff: Marco Bersanelli, Mario Gargantini, Davide Maino, Nicola Sabatini, Angela Sandrinelli, Elio Sindoni
Scientific Consultant: Francesco Bertola, Massimo Robberto, Giancarlo Conti, Marco Beghi
Light, Eyes, Meaning: the Human Experience of
Seeing
Meeting for
Friendship Amongst People, Rimini 2007
Coordinator: Tommaso Bellini, Mario Gargantini
Staff: Marco Bersanelli Alessandro Farini Sergio Musazzi Nicola Sabatini Cesare Sabato Giovanna Scarel Elio Andrea Soranno Mauro Ceroni Giorgio Maria Gabriella Signorini Maria Antonietta Crippa
Things never seen
before. Galileo, the struggle and wonder of a new gaze on the universe
Meeting for
Friendship Amongst People, Rimini 2009
Coordinator: Mario Gargantini
Staff: Marco Beghi, Benedetta Cappellini, Saul Garavaglia, Gianluca Lapini, Lorenzo Mazzoni, Sergio Musazzi, Nicola Sabatini, Angela Sandrinelli, Roberto Sanvito
Scientific Consultant: Piero Benvenuti, Marco Bersanelli, Gianni Bonera, Francesca Bonicalzi, Paolo Musso, Sergio Pagano, Rafael Pascual, Cesare Pasini, Paolo Ponzio, Melchor Sanchez de Toca y Alameda, Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, William Shea, Elio Sindoni, Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti, Pasquale Tucci, Yunli Shi
Irrsae
Lombardia, Università Cattolica, Università Pontificia Salesiana, Nuova
Secondaria, Diesse.