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The history of scientific method and thinking, through instruments of different ages

The impressive variety of scientific instruments preserved by Italian University Museums (mainly of Medicine, Chemistry and Physics) becomes witness of the evolution of the disciplines, and show how scientific method has been refined also thanks to technical improvement. The possibility of collocating some technical solutions in a historical framework allows the visitor to better contextualize scientific discoveries in their time and to understand how scientific practices and theories have changed over the years.

All the itineraries: 

• Scientific equipment: from the wardrobe to the box and vice versa

• Introductory path concerning all Universities of the Network

• History of scientific instruments from past to present

• University of Chieti-Pescara

• The introduction of the decimal metric system: the Metric Laboratory

• A look between the Hearth and the Sky: the Modena Observatory

• University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

• The Chemistry for "creating" medicines

• "Equipment and instruments" for the study of physics

• Tools for the observation and study of organic tissues

• University of Siena

 

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