THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   

 

PLENARY SESSION ON ‘PATHS OF DISCOVERY’

Casina Pio IV, 5-8 November 2004

 

  
 

NAME

TITLE
  1.  
 ARBER Werner THE IMPACT OF MICROBIAL GENETICS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENOMICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
  1.  
 BATTRO Antonio M. MICRODISCOVERIES: A CASE STUDY OF CREATIVE PATHS AND ACADEMIC NETWORKS IN SCIENCE
  1.  
 COHEN TANNOUDJI C. OPTICAL METHODS – A SIMPLE WAY TO INTERROGATE AND TO MANIPULATE  ATOMS
  1.  
 COLOMBO Bernardo M PATHS TO DISCOVERY: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES IN A SOCIAL SCIENCE
  1.  
 COYNE George V. DISCOVERY IN THE NEW COSMOLOGY OF COPERNICUS, KEPLER AND GALILEO
  1.  
 CRUTZEN Paul J. THE “ANTHROPOCENE”, THE PRESENT ERA INFLUENCED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY
  1.  
 HELLER Michael DISCOVERING THE WORLD STRUCTURE AS A GOAL OF PHYSICS
  1.  
 HIDE Raymond GEOMAGNETISM, VACILLATION IN NONLINEAR SYSTEMS, ATMOSPHERIC PREDICTABILITY AND DETERMINISTIC CHAOS
  1.  
 JAKI Stanley L. HAWKING’S DISCOVERY OF GOEDEL FOR PHYSICS: A CASE HISTORY OF INFORMATION IN SCIENCE
  1.  
 LÉNA Pierre 1. PATHS OF DISCOVERY IN ASTRONOMY: THE CASE OF THE EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; or
2. STIMULATING DISCOVERY IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
  1.  
 MALDAMÉ J.-M. COMMENT LA RÉFLEXION SUR L’INSPIRATION DE LA BIBLE ÉCLAIRE L’INVENTION EN MATIÈRE DE SCIENCE
  1.  
 MENON M.G.K. THE ROLE OF INNOVATION, INTERDISCIPLINARITY AND PHENOMENOLOGY AS COMPONENTS OF CREATIVITY IN OPENING NEW WINDOWS
  1.  
 MITTELSTRASS J. DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISCOVERY – LESSONS FROM THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
  1.  
 MOSHINSKY M. Title to be submitted
  1.  
 MURADIAN Rudolf    GOING FROM QUARKS TO GALAXIES: TWO FINDINGS
  1.  
 PAVAN Crodowaldo ENDOSIMBIOTIC BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT SEEDS AND EGG’S BIRDS                                  
  1.  
 RAO C.N.R.    PATH TO DISCOVERY IN THE CHEMICAL DESIGN OF MATERIALS
  1.  

REES Martin J.

 FROM CONFUSION TOWARDS CONSENSUS IN COSMOLOGY
  1.  
 RUBBIA Carlo Title to be submitted
  1.  
 SELA Michael PATHS OF DISCOVERY OF A THERAPEUTIC VACCINE
  1.  
 SINGER Wolf J. Title to be submitted
  1.  
 SZCZEKLIK Andrew ASPIRIN AND EICOSANOID PATHWAYS: THE DISCOVERIES THAT CHANGED CONTEMPORARY MEDICINE;
  1.  
 THIRRING Walter INSTABILITIES OF GRAVITATION DOMINATED SYSTEMS
  1.  
 TOWNES Charles H THE PROBLEM OF INTELLIGENT BUT FIXED PERSPECTIVES
  1.  
 VICUNA Rafael USE OF MODELS FOR DISCOVERY IN BIOCHEMISTRY
  1.  
 WHITE Robert J. THE MIND AND DISCOVERIES
  1.  
 ZICHICHI Antonino A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF UNEXPECTED DISCOVERIES

 

Other Participants:

CABIBBO Nicola, President
SANCHEZ SORONDO Marcelo, Chancellor
GARCIA-BELLIDO Antonio
MARTINI Carlo M. 
RAVEN Peter H.
TUPPY Hans

 

Unable to attend:

BOON-FALLEUR Thierry
DE DUVE Christian
ESCHENMOSER Albert
LEDERBERG Joshua
NOYORI Ryoji
PRESS Frank

As of 23 June 2004