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Event | 21 November 2025

When science is good for you

Brescia

Forming the younger generations in scientific thought for active citizenship

Institutional greetings
Claudio GIANNETTI, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Alessandro MUSESTI, Director of the Department of Mathematics and Physics "Niccolò Tartaglia", Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Pierluigi MALAVASI, Director of the Department of Pedagogy, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Introduction
Sara SCIOLI, Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Interventions
IGNOBEL – The Usefulness of Scientific Uselessness
Luca PERRI, Astrophysicist and science communicator

10.30-11.00 a.m. Break

Telling stories through numbers
Anna LOMBARDI, EU Copernicus Programme, ECMWF

The fascination of numbers: the formative paradox of knowledge
Stefano MAZZA, Graduate School for the Environment, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

The event takes place as part of the research activities of Science for benefit. Training the younger generations in scientific thinking for active citizenship, a project of particular interest to the University (funding line D.3.2 2023)

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Locandina Laris Day.pdf
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Locandina Quando la scienza fa bene.pdf
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