Plenary Session

Plenary Session

Plenary Session |13 October 1963

On Sunday 13 October all the Participants were received in a Solemn Audience by the Supreme Pontiff and after the Audience an extraordinary session of the Academy was held at the ... Read all

Plenary Session

Plenary Session |27 April 1968

On Saturday April 27, at the headquarters of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, in the presence of the participants in the Study Week, an extraordinary meeting of the Academy ... Read all

Plenary Session

Plenary Session |5 October 1962

On Friday 5 October, all the Academicians invited to the Holy Father's Audience took part in an Extraordinary Session to which the participants of the Study Week on "The ... Read all

Final session of the "Pontifical Academy of Sciences - I Nuovi Lincei" and programmatic speech on the new Academy

Plenary Session |12 January 1936

On Sunday 12 January 1936 Pope Pius XI inaugurated the academic year of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences – The New Lynxes, the 89th since the restoration of the Academy by Pius ... Read all

Solemn Inaugural Session and First Meeting of the Academy

Plenary Session |1 June 1937

The inaugural ceremony of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences took place in the Casina Pio IV, in the Vatican gardens, and was a memorable event because of the personalities who ... Read all

Second Private Session of the 5th Academic Year

Plenary Session |8 June 1941

On Sunday 8 June President Rev. Br. Agostino Gemelli opened the Second Private Session and the Academicians offered him a modest but symbolic gift presented by Academician Amaldi: ... Read all

Plenary Session

Plenary Session |17-19 April 1975

At the same time as the Study Week on Biological and Artificial Membranes and Desalination of Water, the Plenary Session of the Academy was held on 17-19 April 1975 with the ... Read all

Changing Concepts of Light and Matter

Introduction Light and matter, just as space and time, play a central role in our life. Evolution has given our brain a compelling intuition for these concepts. This intuition has ... Read all

Science and the Modern World

Plenary Session |19-23 October 1976

The PAS Plenary Session was held from 19 to 23 October with a rich high-level scientific program. The President, His Excellency Prof. Carlos Chagas, chaired the colloquium on ... Read all

Fiftieth Anniversary and Plenary Session

Plenary Session |27-30 October 1986

On October 27-30, 1986, fifty years after the renewal of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, a Plenary Session was held, which because of the occasion was a solemn meeting. Besides ... Read all

Dichiarazione finale della Sessione Plenaria del 2018

Papa Francesco, nell’Enciclica Laudato Si’ del 2015 e in altri commenti, ha dichiarato esplicitamente che il mondo si trova ad affrontare nuove sfide che minacciano il futuro della ... Read all

Aristotle’s Concept of Nature: Traditional Interpretation and Results of Recent Studies

Aristotle’s concept of nature dominated Western culture – including the Islamic world – from late antiquity to the Middle Ages, and was then permanently displaced by the concept of ... Read all

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