By Rita Levi-Montalcini This book finally gave me the opportunity to know the main reason for Rita Levi Montalcini’s scientific fame. The story of the discovery of NGF (Nerve Growth Factor) is fascinating and is inextricably intertwined with the author’s personal story. Perhaps a striking trait of Rita Levi Montalcini…

By Josè Saramago This pungent novel by Saramago tells of a hypothetical situation in which a population called to vote expresses itself for almost 90% with a blank ballot. What can happen to civil society? A narration as surreal as it is incredible, but still a criticism of today’s involvement…

Torricelli’s Point

Counting patitions

Beyond Black Holes and Time Travels

By N.K.Sandars Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, part God and part man. His stories are probably the oldest example of a literary hero, preceding the deeds described by Homer in the Odyssey by over a thousand years. Yet there are many similarities of this Sumerian hero, with even some biblical…

Beyond Black Holes and Time Travels — Chapter 19

By Nicola Simonetti Most probably the Mind-Body problem is one of the oldest question we ask ourselves as humans, and it will remain unanswered in a complete way still for long time even though cognitive neuroscience is making big steps in recent years. The book shows the several, not all…

Triangles and Similitude