The National Science and Technology Museum participates in Bookcity Milano 2023

The National Science and Technology Museum participates in Bookcity Milano 2023

Milano. From November 15th to 19th, the National Science and Technology Museum participates in the twelfth edition of Bookcity Milano, the event promoted byDepartment of Culture of the Municipality of Milano andBookcity Association Milano made up of the Corriere della Sera Foundation, the Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation, the Umberto and Elisabetta Mauri Foundation and the Arnoldo and Alberto Mondadori Foundation and by AIE.

For four days, they will alternate in the spaces of the Museum presentations and dialogues with some of the protagonists of the Italian literary scene, to address the theme of the twelfth edition of the event dedicated to books and reading from different points of view: dream time.

The "Dream” crosses the entire history of humanity, touching every single individual, protagonist or spectator, direct or indirect witness of important episodes or crucial historical-cultural paths. This is the key to "Dream" with whom the Museum promotes its meetings. From the dream of scientific and medical progress, starting from the early 700th century, to the dream of conquering new exotic destinations, such as the Arctic; from the dream of a "female" science, which today sees the light also thanks to the spread of STEM subjects, the dream of moving and breathing underwater, as well as flying; from the dream of a more just and empathetic society, professed with the strength and courage of choices, to the dream of freedom of expression, which flows along the wires of the radio.

At the Museum the event starts on Thursday 16 November at 19pm with the event Sognando il futuro, co-produced by Book City Milano and from National Science and Technology MuseumIn partnership with Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Humanitas University, University of Milano and Polyclinic of Milano. The evening, hosted by the scientific journalist, writer and RAI author Barbara Gallavotti and conceived as a hymn to scientific thought, will feature great scientists who will offer a transversal point of view to the focus of this edition: Nicola Montano, Doctor, Professor of Internal Medicine University of Milano, Director of the Internal Medicine Complex - Immunology and Allergology at the Polyclinic of Milano; Maria Rescigno, Professor of General Pathology and Pro-Rector of Research of Humanitas University, Head of the Mucosal Immunology and Microbiota laboratory of the IRCCS Humanitas Clinical Institute; Francesco Stellacci, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, previously at MIT in Boston, awarded many international awards; Roberto Vittori , Astronaut, test pilot and general of the Air Force, he was several times on the International Space Station, the first European astronaut to command the Soyuz, he was space attaché for Italy in Washington. Everything will be animated by musical accompaniment by Modern Physics.

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MEETINGS PROPOSED BY THE MUSEUM
The following meetings, proposed by the Museum, will be free to enter while places last and will take place in Conte Biancamano Hall with entrance from Via Olona 6/bis or in Sala Cenacolo with entrance from Via San Vittore 21.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 17
16.30 pm, Sala Biancamano, entrance Via Olona 6/bis
Naturalists, doctors, medicine and consultations in early 700th century Italy
With Manuela Sanna, Dario Generali, Francesco Luzzini, Benedino Gemelli, Stefano Spataro
Starting from the seventeenth century, many doctors and naturalists espoused the principles of the new science with conviction. For the natural sciences and anatomy, the new methods led to significant results and to clearly defining new and effective epistemological statutes. In other contexts, such as, for example, for practical medicine, the new scientific approach showed no appreciable progress compared to traditional therapies and pharmacopoeias, with which modern doctors also had to continue to deal. It is discussed in the book: Writings published in «The Minerva Gallery», edited by Stefano Spataro, published by Olschki, 2023.
The consultations of Ludovico Pacino Viti (1662-1732) and other doctors of his time, edited by Benedino Gemelli, Angeli editore, 2022.

18.30 pm, Sala Biancamano, entrance Via Olona 6/bis
The Red Tent by Umberto Nobile: its history and its restoration
With Marco Iezzi, Stefano Twardzik, Leonardo Gariboldi, Andrea Moroni
The red tent that sheltered Umberto Nobile and to the survivors of the Arctic expedition of 1928, following the sinking of the airship Italia, it took on a highly symbolic value since its return to our country. Since 1952 it has been kept at the Museum, in storage by the Municipality of Milano. The fragility of the silk with which it was made, the long time spent on the pack and the decades of exposure made a restoration intervention essential, which was completed in 2023. Today the Red Tent is accessible to the public again, in the Museum's study collections. This volume, edited by Marco Iezzi and Giovanni Pietrangeli (Edizioni Ca' Foscari), wants to restore not only the complex restoration process, but also the historical context of fascist Italy, which aimed to affirm a politics of power through scientific and geographical undertakings. The different essays of Stefano Morosini and Stefano Twardzik, Leonardo Gariboldi, Patrizia Pampana, Andrea Moroni, Francesca Tramma, Samuel Antichi, Cinzia Oliva and Laura Ronzon they deal with the history of the explorations and institutions that organized the Arctic expedition supported by the world of industry and the press, the scientific research program, the role of the media of the time and the imagery that was transmitted to the general public starting from the object at the center of these events.

The publication is freely accessible in Open Access format:
HTTP://DOI.ORG/10.30687/978-88-6969-750-0
At the end of the presentation, the curator Trasporti Marco Iezzi will accompany the public through the Museum's study collections, on a special guided tour of the Red Tent.
It's talked about in the book: From the Arctic to Milano. The restoration of the Red Tent at the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, curated by Marco Iezzi and Giovanni Pietrangeli, Stefano Morosini and Stefano Twardzik, Leonardo Gariboldi, Patrizia Pampana, Andrea Moroni, Francesca Tramma, Samuel Antichi, Cinzia Oliva, Laura Ronzon, published by Cà Foscari Digital publishing, 2023.

Saturday November 18
15 pm, Sala Biancamano, entrance Via Olona 6/bis
Two women, two scientists, one universe
With Amalia Ercoli Finzi, Elvina Finzi, Marta Meli
Amalia Ercoli Finzi, the first woman to graduate in Italy in aeronautical engineering, has made science and female empowerment a family affair: even her daughter Elvina Finzi she is an engineer and holds a doctorate. Together they promote STEM subjects and their diffusion among boys and girls. Together they also wrote their latest book, You are a universe: why today we are witnessing the conquest of space and technology by girls. And to establish yourself in these sectors, as the authors tell us, you need self-esteem, Preparation, Ambition, ability to Collaborate, three essential elements and a lively spirit of initiative.
It's talked about in the book: You are a universe, by Amalia Ercoli Finzi and Elvina Finzi, published by Mondadori, 2023.

16.30 pm, Sala Biancamano, entrance Via Olona 6/bis
Underwater man from the Ancients to Leonardo da Vinci
With Claudio Giorgione, Rossella Paternò
Breathing, working and moving underwater, as well as flying, has always been a human dream. Whether for military or civil purposes, in the 15th century this theme was addressed at a European level by a very high number of humanists and engineers, as evidenced by the beautiful drawings contained in the manuscripts, some of which are almost unpublished, preserved in the Libraries of Europe. Leonardo da Vinci was also fascinated by this theme, dedicating some studies and drawings to it. Thanks to long and complex research, the philological study of the sources and illuminating comparisons, the volume reconstructs the illustrated catalogue of drawings dedicated to underwater work in fifteenth-century manuscripts.
It is discussed in the book: The underwater man in fifteenth-century manuscripts by Rossella Paternò and Faustolo Rambelli, published by La Mandragora, 2022.

18 pm, Sala Biancamano, entrance Via Olona 6/bis
Guido Ucelli di Nemi and Carla Tosi, a life on the right side
With Fiorenzo Marco Galli, Pia Majno Ucelli, Giovanna Majno, Sergio Harari, Ugo Savoia
It is the story of the life of Guido Ucelli of Nemi, a great visionary entrepreneur who linked his name to the recovery of Caligula's ships and the foundation of the Museum of Science and Technology (then Tecnica), and his wife Carla Tosi, daughter of Franco Tosi, a metalworking industrialist from Legnano, who after 1938, but above all after 1943, challenged the republicans and the SS to help their Jewish friends hide, change their name or escape abroad. And they paid the consequences heavily: arrested by the Germans, they ended up St. Victor as political prisoners and threatened with shooting. For Carla TosiFurthermore, the SS command decided to deport him to a German concentration camp. Her family managed to free her shortly before she crossed the border. This is also the story of Cloisters of the Maddalena in via Cappuccio 7, a former convent that has seen centuries of Milanese life pass by. All worthy of being told.
It's talked about in the book: On the right side by Ugo Savoia, published by Neri Pozza, 2023.

19pm, Sala Cenacolo, entrance Via San Vittore 21
THE RADIO DREAMERS. Extraordinary stories and characters from the radio
With Paolo Lunghi, Claudio Micalizio, Alex Peroni, Ringo, Nick The Nightfly, Marco Mazzoli (connected), Mauro Coruzzi (Platinette), Mario Semprini, Rino Borra, Guido Monti, Massimo Lualdi, Marco Ferradini, Maurizio Bossi, Alberto Hazan, Lilli Guacci, Gianni Assirelli
FM VIPs tell the story of the "free radios” Italian. A tribute to the world of radio and to that wonderful and decidedly daring season that starting from the 70s has led to the unstoppable exploits of commercial broadcasters throughout the world as a phenomenon of custom even before being entrepreneurial. “The Radio Dreamers, Transistor and Via Etere – Extraordinary radio stories and characters” are books that are part of a dynamic and continually evolving project, which in the coming months will promote initiatives and events aimed at accompanying the general public to celebrate the first 50 years of Italian private radios. During the presentation these themes will be addressed, from the birth of free radio to today.

It's talked about in the book: THE RADIO DREAMERS Extraordinary radio stories and characters by Paolo Lunghi, Mavi editore, 2022.