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Beau Lotto + Amy O’Toole: La scienza è per tutti, bambini compresi.

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Che cos'hanno in comune la scienza e il gioco? Il neuroscienziato Beau Lotto ritiene che tutti (bambini compresi) debbano poter fare scienza e, tramite il processo della scoperta, modificare le percezioni. È affiancato dalla dodicenne Amy O'Toole, che, insieme a 25 compagni di classe, ha pubblicato il primo articolo peer-review scritto da bambini delle elementari, sul progetto delle api di Blackawton. Inizia così: "C'era una volta..."

Amy O'Toole is a 12-year-old student who helped run a science experiment inspired by Beau Lotto's participative science approach. At age 10 she became one of the youngest people ever to publish a peer-reviewed science paper. Full bio »

Beau Lotto is founder of Lottolab, a hybrid art studio and science lab. With glowing, interactive sculpture -- and old-fashioned peer-reviewed research--he's illuminating the mysteries of the brain's visual system. Full bio »

Translated into Italian by Isabella Martini
Reviewed by Lela Selmo
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