Pontifical Academy of Sciences

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Basic data
Surname: Pontifical Academy of Sciences
(Latin Pontificia Academia Scientiarum)
Seat: Casina Pio IV
SCV - 00120 Vatican City
Chancellor: Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
(since 1998)
Vice Chancellor: Dario Edoardo Viganò
(since 2019)
President: Joachim von Braun
(since 2017)
Academies: Paul Crutzen
Theodor Hänsch
Nicole Le Douarin
Jürgen Mittelstraß
Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Martin Rees
Rafael Vicuña
Pontifical Academy of Sciences; Seat in the Casina Pio IV.
Academy courtyard
Academy entrance

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences ( Latin : Pontificia Academia Scientiarum ; it . : Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze ; abbreviation PAS ) is a Pontifical Academy that was founded in 1603 and later in 1936 by Pius XI. has been restored. It is under the protection of the ruling Pope. Its goal is to promote progress in mathematics , physics, and science and the study of related epistemological problems. The results of the meetings are communicated to the Pope, who is informed about the latest scientific findings and can in turn incorporate them into his decisions and messages.

The Academy is located in the Casino di Pio IV in the heart of the Vatican Gardens . The membership directory includes the most respected names in 20th century science such as Stephen Hawking, as well as some Nobel Prize winners such as Ernest Rutherford, Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Otto Hahn and Charles Hard Townes.

history

The learned Roman prince Federico Cesi (1585–1630), a young botanist and naturalist, wanted his academics to create a method of research based on observation, experiment and the inductive method. He called it the Academy of the Lynx-like ( Accademia dei Lincei ) because the scientists were required to have eyes as sharp as lynxes in order to penetrate the secrets of nature and observe both levels microscopically and macroscopically. The leader of the first academy was the famous scientist Galileo Galilei . It was dissolved after the death of its founder and by Pius IX. Restored in 1847 and named Accademia dei Pontificia Nuovi Lincei ( Pontifical Academy of the New Lynx-like ). In 1936 Pius XI founded it new and gave it its current name. Paul VI subsequently updated its statutes in 1976 and John Paul II did so in 1986.

Since 1936 the Pontifical Academy of Sciences has been concerned with the investigation of certain scientific topics belonging to the individual disciplines and with the promotion of interdisciplinary cooperation. The number of its members and the international character of the membership were gradually increased. The Academy is an independent institution within the Holy See and enjoys freedom of research .

Members

The new members of the academy are elected by all academy members; Men and women of all ethnicities, religions and even those without religious affiliation are selected because of the high scientific value of their activities and their high moral profile. They are then officially appointed by the Pope. The number of members was originally limited to 70, but was increased to 80 by Pope John Paul II in 1986 . The academy is headed by a president who is elected from among the members by the Pope, who is assisted by a scientific council and the chancellor.

President

The President of the Academy is chosen and appointed by the Pope from among its members. The current president is Joachim von Braun.

Chancellor and Directors of the Academy:

Ordinary members

Members ad honorem

Members perdurante munere

Note: These members are ex officio , meaning they serve for the duration of their term of office.

former members

Deceased members

Members with Nobel Prize

During the various decades of its activity, the Academy has had a number of Nobel Prize winners among its members. Many of them were promoted to academics before receiving this prestigious international award.

Other outstanding academics were Father Agostino Gemelli, OFM , founder of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore , Georges Lemaître , one of the fathers of contemporary cosmology, and the Brazilian neuroscientist Carlos Chagas Filho .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Council of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences , list of presidents and chancellors on the Academy's official website, accessed May 9, 2013

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