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Estetica e scienza possono convivere nelle nostre scuole?
Contro (Joanne Jacobs):
“I complain that schools teach children PowerPoint rather than critical writing and reward attractive presentations that get basic facts wrong. In science, the lab report is another chance to shine graphically—even if that lovely diagram refutes Galileo… “Dumb, But Pretty”… Students are spending lots of time on aesthetics instead of traditional academic pursuits…”
Pro (Virginia Postrel):
“If a science teacher accepts a diagram that contradicts Galileo, the teacher’s ignorance, not the graphic design, is to blame. Galileo himself was not just a great scientist, mathematician, and writer but an accomplished draftsman who recorded his lunar observations in watercolors. Before romanticism declared art the province of a talented, bohemian few, drawing and painting were both common scientific tools and signs of personal refinement. Galileo used pictures as well as words to persuade. His work was smart and pretty…”
The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness (P.S.)
by Virginia Postrel
by Virginia Postrel
