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ERIC Number: ED673707
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 14
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Landolt Tables in Primo Levi's "Best Is Water" for Value-Based Chemical Education
International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, Paper presented at the International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education (BalticSTE2025) (6th, Šiauliai, Lithuania, Jun 16-19, 2025)
As science education faces the urgent task of rehumanization amid growing technocratic rationality, scientific eponyms, especially in literary contexts, offer a potential of rehumanization for value-based science education. To explore this potential, selected passages referencing the eponym "Landolt tables" from the short story "Best Is Water" by Italian chemist and writer Primo Levi were analyzed in both the original Italian and its English translation. The focus was on anthropomorphization of the eponym, using a range of interpretative theories: existentialism, phenomenology, postmodernism, psychoanalysis, semiotics, structuralism, symbolism, and theological philosophy. The findings suggest that theological philosophy reveals the anthropomorphization of the "Landolt tables" most strongly, while structuralism does so the least. The Italian original highlights psychological and existential moments, whereas the English translation places more emphasis on logical structure and narrative progression, thereby reducing the emotional charge. These results affirm that anthropomorphized scientific eponyms can help restore science education's connection to human values, history, and morality. In doing so, they offer educators a powerful toolkit for rehumanizing chemistry instruction, nurturing not only informed minds but also empathetic and ethically attuned citizens. [For the complete proceedings, see ED673688.]
Scientia Socialis Ltd. 29 K. Donelaicio Street, LT-78115 Siauliai, Republic of Lithuania. e-mail: scientia@scientiasocialis.lt; Web site: https://www.scientiasocialis.lt/
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