Playful Science: Games, Didactic Resources, and Interactive Books
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https://doi.org/10.57579/2025.4Keywords:
Orbis Pictus, Volvelles, AstronomyAbstract
This paper presents an expanded version of the talk delivered on December 12, 2024, at the seminar "Emersioni di carta. Giochi e pagine di scienza per ragazzi tra Otto e Novecento" It is enriched with additional data and insights. Beginning with Comenius’s Orbis Pictus (1658), the contribution showcases a selection of scientific books featuring volvelles, along with loose sheets, rotating planispheres, and astronomical games. These items are part of a careful overview of little-known interactive materials, most of which belong to the collections hosted by the Fondazione Tancredi di Barolo in Turin.
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