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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The T-shirt designed by my daughter has arrived. Go buy it on artiss.shop/collections/decapodii

Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Nei giorni scorsi mi è stato chiesto un parere sulla bozza delle Indicazioni Nazionali per quanto riguarda la fisica. Rendo pubblico il mio punto di vista sull'argomento. giovanniorgantini.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/s...

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Sulle nuove indicazioni nazionali

Il Ministero dell’Istruzione ha pubblicato una bozza delle nuove Indicazioni Nazionali per i Licei. In questo articolo ne analizziamo i contenuti.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Un mio contributo sull'uso degli smartphone a scuola. sif.it/riviste/sif/...

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This year, our students were let to design, build and make their own experiment. Apparently, lot of fun. Will see in two weeks if they also got meaningful data.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

When we arrive at an answer by solving an equation, we often do so by explaining why we follow those particular steps. There are a few simple rules to follow: avoid square roots, avoid fractions, and move quantities that have something in common to one side of the equation.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The authors of "A Modern Takes on Physics" take the opposite approach to other authors: rather than attempting to describe quantum systems using classical categories, we describe classical systems using the language of modern physics.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

In "A Modern Take on Physics" we note, by an experiment, that the length ℓ of a long bar depends on the temperature T, i.e. ℓ=ℓ(T). We don't know how, but certainly ℓ does not depend too much on T, so, by Taylor expansion, ℓ(T)≃ℓ₀+a(T-T₀)=ℓ₀(1+𝛼ΔT).

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Lunedì, presso il rettorato dell'università di Roma TRE, presenterò la mia proposta didattica per un rinnovamento dell'insegnamento della fisica alla conferenza annuale dell'associazione italiana studenti di fisica ai-sf.it/cisf26/

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Unlike other authors, our textbook begins by addressing the problem of defining the physical quantity represented by temperature. We demonstrate that our intuitive understanding, based on the sensation of heat, is misleading and that we need an instrument to measure it...

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Our interpretation of the "scientific method", aka the "Nature of Science". Physicists "believe" in what they measure to the extent that the results of their experiments are consistent with their "beliefs". But they are prepared to change their view...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

📚 “I stand by my decision. I will not change my mind.” RUTHERFORD COUNTY library director LUANNE JAMES 🦸‍♀️ was just fired for refusing to move kids books into the adult section simply because the board doesn’t like what they’re about. Full: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

My book "Physics Experiments with @officialarduino.bsky.social and smartphones" is now on sale on the @springernature.com website. Get it for only 12.99 EUR! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

In our “A Modern Take on Physics,” we want to make it clear from the outset that, for us, mathematics is a language. Concise yet highly expressive, like a poem, in which even what is not explicitly written becomes apparent.

Pag. 5 of a textbook with a section titled "The role of math"

Pag. 6 of a textbook, where we compare math to potry

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Our course ‘A Modern Take on Physics’ begins with a summary of the entire textbook. Students appreciate what we teach them much more if they know where we are taking them. Right from the very first pages, it is clear that this is not a conventional course...

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Ho l'impressione che possa essere d'interesse per @terminologiaetc.it

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

New @phyphox.org experiment dropped to www.smartphysicslab.org/resources.html to measure the distance to the Moon. Direct link: github.com/smartphysics.... Enjoy!

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Teaching resources

A list of physics experiments to be done using a smartphone and/or an Arduino board

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phyphox project @phyphox.org · 24/09/2025

The smartphone physics challenge, vulgarisation.fr/smartphone-p..., by @julien-bobroff.bsky.social, @organtin.bsky.social, and others:

That’s on me meme:
Jake: “I’m a physicist”
Jess: “Okay, then name 61 ways to measure the height of a building.”
Jake: “With a smartphone?”
Jess: (silently) “That's on me, I set the bar too low.”

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

La hostess ha detto che per il nostro conforto è meglio se teniamo le cinture allacciate durante il volo. A @terminologiaetc.it sarebbe venuto uno stranguglione.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Qualche idea per uso dello smartphone a fini didattici? Come dite? È vietato? 🤔 youtu.be/gkBeOF3DrDQ?...

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The Smartphone Physics Challenge

YouTube video by La Physique Autrement

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Caduta libera. Quello che per Einstein era solo un gedankenexperiment ora è realtà. Sistemi di riferimento accelerati. Dinamica a bordo della ISS. Ma il Ministro dice che è vietato.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

This will be interesting for anyone who, like me, is passionate about fonts and typefaces.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Accelerazioni in ascensore con @phyphox.org . Ci si fa una quantità innumerevole di esercizi di cinematica, imparando anche a interpretare dati e a leggere grafici. Si capisce la relazione tra accelerazione, velocità e posizione. Ma il Ministro non vuole.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

My book 'A Modern Take on Physics' began to be written many years ago, when I started teaching physics to people who considered it an uninteresting, boring and incomprehensible subject.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

On the use of mathematics as a language in physics. A Modern Takes on Physics published by @worldscientific.bsky.social. @keithkahnharris.bsky.social

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Art meets science: Josè Angelino's works in @worldscientific.bsky.social's "A Modern Take on Physics" to introduce quantum field theory.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Art meets science: in "A Modern Take on Physics", published by @worldscientific.bsky.social, an artwork by Giuseppe Penone serves as a tool to explain the meaning of "emergent phenomena" and the limits of the reductionist approach, typical of traditionally taught physics.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

L'arte incontra la scienza: su "A Modern Take on Physics" un'opera di Giuseppe Penone serve da strumento per spiegare il significato di "fenomeno emergente" e i limiti dell'approccio riduzionista tipico della fisica che s'insegna tradizionalmente.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

L'arte incontra la scienza: il nostro "A Modern Take on Physics", pubblicato da @worldscientific.bsky.social, parla spesso del ruolo della creatività in fisica. Qui spieghiamo perché i fisici usano la matematica. Usate il codice MODPHY30 per acquistarlo con uno sconto del 30%.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Art meets science: our "A Modern Take on Physics", published by @worldscientific, often discuss the role of creativity in physics. Here, we explain why physicists use the concise, yet expressive, language of math. Quote MODPHY30 to get 30% discount on it.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Ci siamo. Volume 1 in uscita in questi giorni. Per il 2 ci vorrà ancora qualche settimana. Lo so, il prezzo è scandaloso, ma lo è anche il contenuto. @worldscientific è caro, ma osa, contrariamente ai molti che pubblicano solo copie conformi di libri esistenti.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This is it. Volume 1 coming out these days. Volume 2 will take a few more weeks. I know, the price is outrageous, but so is the content. @worldscientific is expensive, but it dares, unlike the many who only publish conforming copies of existing books.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Elevator trip from the 29th floor of the @nhhotels.bsky.social panorama in Naples. Powered by @phyphox.org.

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MarinDE @marinde.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Building walls in an attempt to protect oneself leads only to isolation, preventing the enjoyment of discovering the unknown and expanding one's horizons.

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Sam uer ovar de reinbo Uei ap hai Der's a lend det ai herd ov... Dedicato a @terminologiaetc.it

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Giovanni Organtini @organtin.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Una volta i ragazzini avevano più rispetto dei loro insegnanti; e poi le famiglie non li difendevano a tutti i costi

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 25/12/2024

Due to this idiotic statement, by a person who has proven his inability to distinguish truth from online propaganda, I just donated to Wikipedia. Please do the same.

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Sudeep @sudeepgkr.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Given that 45 is the ninth triangular number, this must mean that 2025 = 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ Unless someone does a Futurama, none of us will be around for the sum of the first ten cubes.

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a cartoon character is holding a can of iced tea in front of a city skyline

Alt: A GIF of a cryogenically frozen cartoon character (Fry from Futurama)

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