Overview
- Provides a basis for stimulating modern museum design
- Examines how scientific and technical knowledge can be most effectively transmitted
- Explores the application of network communications systems and algorithms to offer individual users the information most pertinent to them
- Supported by an app that permits viewing and 3D printing of objects held in museum databases
Part of the book series: Research for Development (REDE)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Museums as Communication
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Dynamic Museums and Social Learning
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Cultural, Vital, Emotional Approaches Within Museums
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Social Learning Through Dynamic Museums
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Features of Dynamic Museums for Social Learning in Action
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Scientific and Cultural Trends
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Alberto Rovetta is Professor of Innovative Design of Intelligent Robots and Autonomous Systems at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, where he has held other academic posts over the past four decades, including in robot mechanics. He is also Emeritus Professor for Life at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China (now known as Beihang University). During a distinguished career, Professor Rovetta has held leading positions in a variety of national and international organizations and committees, including as chairman of the International Federation for Theory of Machines and Mechanisms. In 1995 he was the chairman of the 9th World Conference of Theory of Machines and Mechanisms held in Milan. He has sat on the scientific committees of numerous international conventions and also has an extremely impressive record in design and project management. He has published more than 400 articles in Italian and international journals and holds a number of patents.
EdoardoRovida is Professor of Machine Design at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. His research areas include methodical design, scientific and technical communication (including the interaction between industrial products and communication and problems in engineering education), and cultural heritage in the mechanical field. He has been involved in the design and realization of various exhibitions, including those celebrating the 125th and 150th anniversaries of the Politecnico di Milano (1988, 2013) and the invention of the battery by Alessandro Volta (1999). Professor Rovida is the author of 250 papers in the aforementioned fields and the book Machines and Signs (History of Mechanism and Machine Science), first published in 2013 by Springer.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Scientific Knowledge Communication in Museums
Authors: Alberto Rovetta, Edoardo Rovida
Series Title: Research for Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68330-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68329-4Published: 08 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09831-5Published: 04 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68330-0Published: 25 February 2018
Series ISSN: 2198-7300
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7319
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 316
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
Topics: Science Education, Media and Communication, Information Systems and Communication Service, Cultural Heritage, Engineering Design