Società Italiana per il Progresso delle Scienze | |
| Abbreviation | SIPS |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1839 |
| Type | ONLUS |
| Purpose | Promote the progress, coordination, and dissemination of sciences and their applications, and foster relationships and collaboration among their practitioners |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
| Website | www |
The Italian Society for the Advancement of Science (Italian: Società Italiana per il Progresso delle Scienze; SIPS), founded in Pisa in 1839, is one of the oldest scientific societies in Italy. As a non-profit organization, it promotes general interest in the sciences and facilitates exchange between scientists from different disciplines, primarily through interdisciplinary congresses, meetings, seminars, and publications.[1] Before the establishment of many Italian specialized societies, SIPS served as an association of scientists from various fields, including physicists and chemists. After a period of inactivity towards the end of the 19th century, SIPS was reestablished in 1906 in Milan by Vito Volterra and Alfonso Sella. In 1937, Guglielmo Marconi enabled SIPS to establish itself at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche in Rome. At that time, the society was divided into three classes with different scientific focuses.
Its members included notable Italian scientists, such as physicist and Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi, chemists Francesco Filippuzzi and Giacomo Luigi Ciamician, and Nobel laureates in Medicine Camillo Golgi and Daniel Bovet.
Some important publications include: Un secolo di progresso scientifico italiano (1839–1939, 7 volumes), the Indice generale storico-cronologico alfabetico e analitico lavori, contributi e quadri direttivi (1839–2005), the Annuario della SIPS, and the journal Scienza e Tecnica.