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Focus Magazine
Sandro Boeri (Responsible Director)
Focus is a monthly magazine of scientific spreading. It deals with several scientific subjects concerning human life, scientific and technological progress, nature, history of sciences.The first pages of the magazine are dedicated to questions and answers between the readers and the team of experts of Focus. Most of the magazine is divided in sections dedicated to the discussion of different themes and made attractive by the inclusion of wonderful pictures. Focus is edited also in a version for young readers: Focus Junior. Also in this case the objective is to increase the scientific knowledge but taking in consideration the age of the readers: they are primary and middle school students.Focus and Focus Junior are also available on line.
The objective is to satisfy people curiosity about different scientific subjects and to update and probe their knowledge about topical themes.
‘Focus’ is addressed to adults and high school students.‘Focus Junior’ is dedicated to primary and middle school students.
The magazine supplies news, curiosities, documents and photos about several scientific subjects, including chemistry applied to human life.
Focus is a national magazine.
Focus is the most known and red magazine of scientific spreading.
The success of Focus is due to the choice of themes that attract readers interest and stimulate their curiosity. Moreover the presentation of each article is rich of imagines and wonderful photos that make very agreeable the reading. The scientific language is simple but rigorous.
Dr. Maria Maddalena Carnasciali
Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale – University of Genoa
Researcher