La Pontificia Academia de las Ciencias es de alcance internacional, multi-racial en su composición, y no-sectaria en la elección de sus miembros. El trabajo de la Academia incluye seis grandes áreas: ciencias básicas, ciencias y tecnología de los problemas globales, ciencia de los problemas del mundo en desarrollo, política científica, bioética, epistemología.
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History
The Pontificial
Academicians are eighty women and men from many countries who have made
outstanding contributions in their fields of scientific endeavour. They
are nominated by the Holy Father after being elected by the body of the
Academicians. The Pontifical Academicians participate in study groups and
meetings organized by the Academy to examine specific issues. Their
deliberations and scientific papers are published by the Academy. They assemble
in the Vatican in the Casina Pio IV for Plenary Sessions.
Goals
4. Life Sciences
4.1 Botany
4.2 Agronomy
4.3 Zoology
4.4 Genetics
4.5 Molecular Biology
4.6 Biochemistry
4.7 Neuroscience
4.8 Surgery
5. Mathematics
6. Application of Science
7. Philosophy and History of Science (Epistemology)
8. Physics
9. Other disciplines
The Academy is governed by a President, who acts with
the assistance of the Chancellor and of the Council of the Academy. The President is
appointed by the Holy Father from among the Academicians, for a renewable
four-year term, and reports to him directly. The Council includes the outgoing
President for a period of four years, the former President appointed by the Holy
Father President Emeritus for life and up to seven Councillors appointed for a
four-year term by the Holy Father, after being proposed by the President. The
Councillors can also be reappointed. The Council meets at least twice a
year at the Academy´s headquarters.
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is international in
scope, multi-racial in composition, and non-sectarian in its choice of members.
The work of the Academy comprises six major areas: Fundamental science;
Science and technology of global problems; Science for the problems of the
developing world; Scientific policy; Bioethics; Epistemology.
Origin and Development
The Pontifical Academy of
Sciences has its roots in the Academy of the Lynxes (Accademia dei Lincei)
which was founded in Rome in 1603 as the first exclusively scientific academy
in the world. The Accademia dei Lincei achieved international
recognition, and appointed Galileo Galilei as a member on 25 August 1610, but
did not survive the death of its founder, Federico Cesi. In 1847 Pope Pius IX
reestablished the Academy as the Pontifical Academy of the New Lynxes. Pope
Pius XI renewed and reconstituted the Academy in 1936, and gave it its present
name. Since 1936 the Pontifical Academy of Sciences has grown increasingly
international in character. While continuing to further the work of the
separate sciences, it stresses the growing importance of interdisciplinary
cooperation. Today the Academy's activities range from a traditional interest
in pure research to a concern with the ethical and environmental responsibility
of the scientific community.
The Premises of the Academy
The premises of the Academy are
in the exquisite Casina Pio IV which was built in 1561 to serve as a
summer residence for Pope Pius IV. Surrounded by the greenery
of the Vatican gardens, the Casina is a well-preserved treasury of sixteenth
century frescoes, stucco reliefs, mosaics and fountains.
Who Are the Pontifical Academicians?
The Pontificial
Academicians are eighty women and men from many countries who have made
outstanding contributions in their fields of scientific endeavour. They
are nominated by the Holy Father after being elected by the body of the
Academicians. The Pontifical Academicians participate in study groups and
meetings organized by the Academy to examine specific issues. Their
deliberations and scientific papers are published by the Academy. They assemble
in the Vatican in the Casina Pio IV for Plenary Sessions.
Relationship to the Holy See
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is an independent
entity within the Holy See. Although its rebirth was the result of
papal initiative, and though it is placed under the direct protection of the
reigning Supreme Pontiff, the Academy defines its own goals with regard to its
statuted mission: "...to promote the progress of the mathematical,
physical and natural sciences and the study of epistemological problems
relating thereto" (Statutes 1:2). Pius XII underlined the Academy's
freedom of inquiry in an address of 1940 to the Academicians: "To you
noble champions of human arts and disciplines the Church acknowledges complete
freedom in method and research...". Since the deliberations and studies
which it undertakes are not influenced by any one national, political or religious
point of view, the Academy constitutes an invaluable source of objective
information upon which the Holy See and its various bodies can draw.
Economy
The operating expenses of the Academy are defrayed mainly by the Holy See. In addition, gifts from foundations, firms, membership organizations and individuals have enhanced the Academy's efficacy and outreach.
The operating expenses of the Academy are defrayed mainly by the Holy See. In addition, gifts from foundations, firms, membership organizations and individuals have enhanced the Academy's efficacy and outreach.
Organization
and International Cooperation
The Academy is governed by a President who
is nominated from among the Academicians by the Supreme Pontiff. The President
is assisted by the Council and by the Chancellor. The
Academy maintains relationships and publication exchanges with other academies
and with institutions of scientific research. It is a member of the
International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU).
Goals
– Promoting the progress of the mathematical, physical
and natural sciences, and the study of related epistemological questions and
issues
– Recognising
excellence in science
– Stimulating an
interdisciplinary approach to scientific knowledge
– Encouraging
international interaction
– Furthering
participation in the benefits of science and technology by the greatest number
of people and peoples
– Promoting
education and the public’s understanding of science
– Ensuring that
science works to advance of the human and moral dimension of man
– Achieving a role for science which involves the promotion of justice, development, solidarity, peace, and the resolution of conflict
– Achieving a role for science which involves the promotion of justice, development, solidarity, peace, and the resolution of conflict
– Fostering
interaction between faith and reason and encouraging dialogue between science
and spiritual, cultural, philosophical and religious values
– Providing
authoritative advice on scientific and technological matters
– Cooperating with
the members of other Academies in a friendly spirit to promote such objectives.
Disciplines
1. Astronomy
2. Chemistry
3. Earth and Environment Sciences
2. Chemistry
3. Earth and Environment Sciences
4.1 Botany
4.2 Agronomy
4.3 Zoology
4.4 Genetics
4.5 Molecular Biology
4.6 Biochemistry
4.7 Neuroscience
4.8 Surgery
5. Mathematics
6. Application of Science
7. Philosophy and History of Science (Epistemology)
8. Physics
9. Other disciplines
Council
The Academy is governed by a President, who acts with
the assistance of the Chancellor and of the Council of the Academy. The President is
appointed by the Holy Father from among the Academicians, for a renewable
four-year term, and reports to him directly. The Council includes the outgoing
President for a period of four years, the former President appointed by the Holy
Father President Emeritus for life and up to seven Councillors appointed for a
four-year term by the Holy Father, after being proposed by the President. The
Councillors can also be reappointed. The Council meets at least twice a
year at the Academy´s headquarters.
Trabajo por grupos
- Historia
- Origen y desarrollo
- Ubicación de la Academia
- Pontificios académicos
- Consejo
- Relación con la Santa Sede
- Economía
- Organización y cooperación internacional
- Objetivos
- Disciplinas
Interés del Vaticano por la ciencia, Existencia de científicos católicos y contribución de cada uno de ellos a la unión entre ciencia y religión. Principales aportaciones.
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