Faculty
Studying Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences at Sapienza
Experimental sciences are aimed at explaining the phenomena of the world we live in, through the observation and the performance of lab experiments that are the starting point to elaborate theoretical models or to verify hypotheses. Their common ground is dealing with knowledge from a mathematical viewpoint.
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It could be useful to think over Leonardo’s thought:
«Study science first, and then carry on with practice, that is born from science. Those enchanted by practice without science are like the helmsman shipping without a helm or a compass, who will be never sure of the direction taken».
The requisites are therefore:
- knowledge and methodological rigour;
- curiosity, observation skills, ability to interpret data, innovate and cooperate.
A typical feature of people devoted to science may be found in the following sentence, attributed to Albert Einstein:
«Everyone knew it was impossible, until a fool who didn’t know came along and did it».
This sentence effectively represents the positive unruliness of people who don’t accept to remain confined to the borders of what is already known. Here people learn how to pose questions and to find out answers in the best objective and exhaustive way. This enables students to take part in various areas of applied research and production, since a sound scientific mindset is valued and highly sought-after in all fields.
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About us
The scientific disciplines have been taught at Sapienza since the foundation of this university. We remember in particular the historical character of Fra Luca Pacioli, one of the greatest mathematicians of his time and Leonardo’s friend, and Niccolò Copernico; as to the past century, we remember Enrico Fermi and “the Via Panisperna boys”, the street where once the scientific institutions were located.
The Faculty currently encompasses disciplines very different from each other as for study methods and subject-matters. Each field is in turn an expanding universe: it goes from the infinitely small to the infinitely big, from the study of natural phenomena to the design of supercomputers.
The Faculty of Science is an environment open to the outside world and to cultural exchanges. This is why it’s very important to breathe the university atmosphere and to take part in classroom exercises and labs. In addition, students are made available specialist libraries and reading rooms.
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