It happened on JUNE 25

1671

the astronomer and geographer Giovanni Battista Riccioli died in Bologna. Born in Ferrara on April 17, 1598, at sixteen years of age he entered the Jesuit order. He taught literature, philosophy and theology, first in Parma and then Bologna. Considered one of the primary astronomers of the 17th century, he wrote the important work Geographia et Hydrographia reformata (1661) in twelve books. He introduced much of the nomenclature of lunar formations that is still used today.
 

1986

in the Wednesday General Audience on the topic of “Divine Providence and the Growth of the Kingdom of God,” Pope John Paul II affirmed: “We can say that, if the growth of God's kingdom is not identified with the evolution of the world, it is nonetheless true that the kingdom of God is in the world, and first of all in man, who lives and works in the world. The Christian knows that with his commitment to the progress of history, and with the help of God's grace, he cooperates in the growth of the kingdom, toward the historical and eschatological fulfillment of the plan of divine Providence.”

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On the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology


Readings on Quantum Mechanics: An Introduction, by Gabiele Coci

Matter and Light. The New Physics (1937), by Louis de Broglie

The Meaning of Beauty in Exact Natural Science (1970), by Werner Heisenberg

Quantum Mechanics (2002), by John Polkinghorne, from INTERS 

Faith and Quantum Theory (2007), by Stephen Barr

Quantum Mechanics. Philosophical and Theological Implications (2019), by Javier Sánchez Cañizares, from INTERS


Articles of Historical Interest

Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete? (1935), by A. Einstein, B. Podolski, N. Rosen

On the Einstein Podolsky Rosen Paradox (1964), by J.S. Bell

Experimental Realization of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm Gedankenexperiment: A New Violation of Bell's Inequalities (1982), by A. Aspect, P. Grangier and G. Roger

Moreover…

Pursuing Scientific Humanism. Letters Between Werner Heisenberg and Enrico Cantore, 1967-1976, a forthcoming book edited by Claudio Tagliapietra, INTERS staff

    

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