''Scientia'' was an Italian multi-disciplinary scientific journal founded in 1907 by

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and

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and published by

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with co-publication in England, France, and Germany. The journal's title was originally ''Rivista di Scientia''; the title was simplified to ''Scientia'' in 1910, and the original title was carried as a subtitle. The journal thrived in the interwar years 1919–1939 and published articles by many famed scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians including

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and the Nobel prizewinners

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Werner Heisenberg Werner Karl Heisenberg () (5 December 1901 – 1 February 1976) was a German theoretical physicist and one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics. He published his work in 1925 in a breakthrough paper. In the subsequent series ...

and

Louis de Broglie Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie (, also , or ; 15 August 1892 – 19 March 1987) was a French physicist and aristocrat who made groundbreaking contributions to quantum theory. In his 1924 PhD thesis, he postulated the wave na ...

. The journal folded in 1988. In 2013 a second journal, ''Scientia (International Review of Scientific Synthesis)'' was founded in the spirit of the first; the editors write, "''Scientia (International Review of Scientific Synthesis)'' intends to be a tribute to the historical journal, with the same title and the subtitle ''Rivista di Scienza'' (that means ''Review of Science'' in Italian), printed from 1907 to 1988. The old journal used to publish articles on every area of science, was multilingual and well known at an international level." The journal is held in the collections of many libraries. Page images for all issues have been posted online by the

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. The issues of ''Scientia'' are part of ''Alma Mater Studiorum (AMS) Historica'', which is the historical collection of the digital library of the university. Issues through 1925 are also accessible online through links maintained by the

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. The contents of all issues are posted by

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*{{cite web , title=''Scientia'' , url=http://www.scientiajournal.org/review/index.php/scientia Home page for the journal of the same name established in 2013. Science and technology magazines 1907 establishments in Italy 1988 disestablishments in Italy