The Telesio-Galilei Academy of Science has been set up to offer support and encouragement
in the quest for scientific truth. It is hoped that it catalyze research in the foundations
of physics, chemistry, biology and, eventually, in all other scientific fields.
Particular emphasis will be given to supporting innovative ideas consistent with current knowledge
and paradigms, but with promise of leading to new deeper understanding. The ideas involved in such
research may not be always in precisely the same direction as existing ideas and may, at times,
challenge them, and, therefore, they may not be able to attract support from conventional sources.
Hence, one aim of the Academy is to support and encourage original research which is not necessarily
restricted to ideas, subjects or methods currently receiving emphasis.
However, it is not always possible to recognize the value of new directions without connecting
them to what has been achieved already in the sciences. The support and encouragement of such
innovative ideas, which are not at the centre of the present development of existing paradigms,
is a rather delicate matter to contemplate, and carries with it serious responsibilities which
may be dealt with only through experience and judgement.
