Noos, why is Alberto Angela's program called that?
“Noos – The Discovery of Knowledge” marked its debut two years ago, namely the June 29, 2023, entering the prime time on Rai Uno with the ambition of becoming a point of reference in the scientific publication.
Created and hosted by Alberto Angela, the program was presented as a new weekly formula dedicated to lovers of science and knowledge, with fixed appointments every Thursday nightThe debut represented a key moment for the public service broadcaster's summer schedule, elegantly inheriting the tradition of great Italian educational formats.
Why is Noos called that way?
A question may arise: why the new science outreach program of Alberto Angela was baptized"noos“? This transmission, which takes the place of the famous “SuperQuarks“, conducted by the late Piero Angela, father of Alberto, starts broadcasting from June 29, 2023.
Alberto Angela and his team have carefully chosen the name of this new program. In fact, as explained by Angela himself, the intent of television should be to "feed the brains, not put them to sleep“. This guiding principle is reflected in the title of the programme: “noos“, an ancient term which, in classical Greek, can be translated as “intellect“. And so, the journey of the intellect inevitably leads to knowledge and knowing.
The choice of "noos” as the name of the program has an even deeper meaning. Piero Angela, in 1998, had presented a program entitled “Journey to the cosmos“, characterized by the presence of a virtual spaceship called “noos“. The name reflected the intention of Piero Angela to move “at the speed of thought from one point of the universe to another”.
Meaning of Noos in Italian
nous (from the gr. "intellect") In philosophical terminology, intellect, mind, reason. Anaxagoras called N. the divine universal reason ordering the world starting from chaos.
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