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Mario Gargantini

 

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Published in the book series directed by Mons. Luigi Giussani

“I libri dello spirito cristiano” (“Books of christian spirituality”).

ONLY WONDER KNOWS

The Adventure of Scientific Research

by Marco Bersanelli and Mario Gargantini

Rizzoli BUR – March 2003

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.



Biography


Born in 1947, graduated Electronic Engineer in 1970 at Milan Politechnic, he has taught Physics in high school for 20 years.

He lives in Melzo (near Milan) with his wife, a son and two daughters.

He has carried out research on science teaching and nowadayds is partner of the Seed Group (Science Education and Teaching), being speaker in many courses for teachers organized by Irrsae Lombardia, Catholic University , Diesse Association.

Since 1979 he works as a scientific journalist collaborating to many Italian newspapers and magazines. Since 1990 he works as a consultant of Bias Group and he is the Director of the magazine Automazione e Strumentazione (now with VNU Business Publications).

He is member of the Ugis (Italian Scientific Journalists Association).

He is the author of the books:

Popes & Science (Jaca Book, 1985)

Man of Science Man of Faith (Elle Di Ci, 1991)

Only wonder knows (Rizzoli-Bur, 2003)

and co-author of some other books and scientific exhibitions (mainly for the Rimini Meeting for Friendship among Peoples).

In 1987 he won the Glaxo Award and in 1990 he won the Federchimica Award, both for science communication.

Italian


 

Professional Profile


Electronic Engineer - Physics Teacher - Scientific Journalist

 

Specialization:

Science Communication

Design - Direction - Editing - Assessment

of:

Fields of interest

Natural Sciences

Technologies

History and Philosophy of Science

Italian


 

Works


Books

·  Popes & Science

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

·  Man of Science Man of Faith

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


Magazines and Newspapers

·         Avvenire

·         Cultura Oggi

·         Emmeciquadro (Science, Education and Teaching)

·         Kos

·         Il Giornale

·         Il Nuovo Aeropago

·         Il Sabato

·         Insegnare Religione

·         Libertà di Educazione

·         L'Umana Avventura

·         Mondo Erre

·         Nuova Secondaria

·         Tracce

Pamphlets and Brochures

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

·         Planets Dance

·         A Wonderful Earth

·         The Greatness of Man

Set of Slides with Documentation

Diagroup CollectionElleDiCi, 1984

Exhibitions

Meeting for Friendship among Peoples, Rimini 1990

with Mario Gallo

(to hire: Liceo Scientifico "Alexis Carrel", 02-4151517)

·         American Way of Research

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

 

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, Milan

 

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

 

Hypotheses and documents on the origin of Life

Meeting for Friendship among Peoples, Rimini 1998

with Elio Sindoni

and with Euresis

 

The Life and works of Alessandro Volta

Meeting for Friendship among Peoples, Rimini 1999

with G. Bonera, E. Sindoni

and with Euresis

 

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: Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican Observatory, Euresis Association

 

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

Conferences and Seminars

Brescia, Catania, Milano, Pescara, Pisa, Santa Fe (Argentina), San Marino, Torino, Urbino, Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum (Rome).

·         Cultural Centers:

Abbiategrasso, Arezzo, Bergamo, Biella,Torino, Bologna, Busto A., Carate, Cernusco s/N, Cesena, Cesenatico, Chiavari, Chioggia, Como, Cremona, Cuneo, Feltre, Fermo, Ferrara, Firenze, Forlì, Gallarate, Genova, Grosseto, Imola, Lecco, Legnano, Livorno, Loano, Lugo, Macerata, Magenta, Merate, Milano, Minervino, Modena, Monza, Napoli, Novara, Padova, Parma, Pavia, Pesaro, Reggio E., Rimini, Saronno, Seregno, Sondrio, Stresa, Trento, Varese, Vercelli.

Training

Irrsae Lombardia, Università Cattolica, Università Pontificia Salesiana, Nuova Secondaria, Diesse.

 

Italian


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