Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Scientific academy of the Vatican City / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Pontifical Academy of Science?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences (Italian: Pontificia accademia delle scienze, Latin: Pontificia Academia Scientiarum) is a scientific academy of the Vatican City, established in 1936 by Pope Pius XI.[2] Its aim is to promote the progress of the mathematical, physical, and natural sciences and the study of related epistemological problems. The Accademia Pontificia dei Nuovi Lincei ("Pontifical Academy of the New Lynxes") was founded in 1847 as a more closely supervised successor to the Accademia dei Lincei ("Academy of Lynxes") established in Rome in 1603 by the learned Roman Prince, Federico Cesi (1585–1630), who was a young botanist and naturalist, and which claimed Galileo Galilei as its president. The Accademia dei Lincei survives as a wholly separate institution.[3]
Pontificia accademia delle scienze | |
Type | Catholic, Research institute, Pontifical University |
---|---|
Established | 1936; 88 years ago (1936) |
Chancellor | Peter Turkson |
President | Joachim von Braun[1] |
Location | Casina Pio IV 00120 Vatican City 41°54′15″N 12°27′9″E |
Website | pas.va |
The Academy of Sciences, one of the Pontifical academies at the Vatican in Rome, is headquartered in the Casina Pio IV in the heart of the Vatican Gardens.[4]