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• Intro
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Maps
• A Paradise Reclaimed: An Introduction
• 1. The Devils' Paradise: The Battle to Save the Ibex
• 2. Managing Paradise: Structures of Conservation and Contexts of Conflict
• 3. Trouble in Paradise: Protests, Appeasement, and Hunting
• 4. A Blackshirt's Hell: Making Conservation Fascist
• 5. Knowing Paradise: The Role of Science in Preservation
• 6. Strangers in Paradise: Tourism and the Perception of Conservation
• Resistant Paradise: An Epilogue
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

• Rebel with a cause
• A humanist scientist
• A leaning tower and inclined planes
• A Copernican
• Every action has a reaction
• Into a minefield
• This proposition is foolish and absurd
• A battle of pseudonyms
• The assayer
• The Dialogo
• The gathering storm
• The trial
• I abjure, curse, and detest
• One old man, two new sciences
• Galileo : the final years
• The saga of Pio Paschini
• On the interface between science and religion : Galileo and Einstein
• One culture!

A fresh interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. "We really need this story now, because we're living through the next chapter of science denial" (Bill McKibben). Galileo's story may be more relevant today than ever before. At present, we face enormous crises-such as the minimization of the dangers of climate change-because the science behind these threats is erroneously questioned or ignored. Galileo encountered this problem 400 years ago. His discoveries, based on careful observations and ingenious experiments, contradicted conventional wisdom and the teachings of the church at the time. Consequently, in a blatant assault on freedom of thought, his books were forbidden by church authorities. Astrophysicist and bestselling author Mario Livio draws on his own scientific expertise to provide captivating insights into how Galileo reached his bold new conclusions about the cosmos and the laws of nature. A freethinker who followed the evidence wherever it led him, Galileo was one of the most significant figures behind the scientific revolution. He believed that every educated person should know science as well as literature, and insisted on reaching the widest audience possible, publishing his books in Italian rather than Latin. Galileo was put on trial with his life in the balance for refusing to renounce his scientific convictions. He remains a hero and inspiration to scientists and all of those who respect science-which, as Livio reminds us in this gripping book, remains threatened even today.
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• Laura Bassi: emblem and record in Settecento science, Luisa Cifarelli, Raffaella Simili
• History of Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, Walter Tega
• Luigi Ferdinando Marsili. European traveller and natural philosopher, Walter Tega
• Newton's legacy: an open field of research, Niccolò Guicciardini
• Physics in the eighteenth century: new lectures, entertainment and wonder, Sofia Talas
• Always among men: Laura Bassi at the Bologna Academy of Sciences (1732-78), Paula Findlen
• Giovanni Bianchi: a sensitive promoter of the world of the women, Miriam Focaccia
• The home laboratory of the couple Verratti-Bassi, Marta Cavazza
• Name index
• Acknowledgements / Credits.

This book provides a fascinating insight into the life and scientific work of Laura Bassi, the first female member of the influential Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna and also the first woman to be appointed a university professor in physics, or universal philosophy as it was then termed. The book describes Laura Bassi's research activities and achievements, explaining the influence of Newton, her role in promoting Newtonian experimental physics in Bologna, and her work as an experimentalist, including on electricity. Much attention is paid to the context in which Bassi developed her career. The very considerable difficulties faced by a woman surrounded by male university teachers and members of the Academy are discussed, casting light on the constraints that led Bassi to set up the first experimental physics laboratory in her home, complete with the many instruments required for experimentation and private teaching. The aim is to provide a rounded and well-documented account of the scientific endeavors and achievements of a too often overlooked scientist who struggled to overcome the prejudices of her age.

• Intro
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Part I Ettore Majorana: The Man and the Scientist
• 1. The Disappearance
• The Last Letters of Ettore Majorana
• From the State Central Archives
• Testimonies from the Period
• Official Proceedings
• 2. Fame
• Why Be Involved in Majorana?
• From Galileo to Fermi
• The Rome Group
• Competition for the 1937 Professorships
• 3. The Family
• The Grandfather: "Founder" of the Family
• Members of Parliament, University Rectors, Scientists: His Paternal Uncles
• His Father
• His Uncle: The Minister
• His Mother and Brothers

• 4. The Man: Recollections of Friends
• The Tomato Merchant
• Political Leanings
• 5. The Scientist
• The Genius
• The Scientific Work of Ettore Majorana
• His First Publications
• The Infinite Components Equation
• Exchange Forces
• The Majorana Neutrino
• Testimonies of Colleagues
• Nuclear Energy: Did Ettore Know?
• Do Other Unpublished Manuscripts Exist?
• A Televised Testimony
• Erice
• 6. The Letters of Ettore Majorana
• Rediscovery of the Letters
• The Historical and Scientific Importance of the Letters
• On 7th February, he adds
• Biographical and Human Interest

• Digression
• 7. Anatomy of a Disappearance
• Before
• During
• After
• Possible Motives
• Giuseppe Occhialini Speaks
• 8. Did Majorana Seek Refuge in Argentina?
• Some Documents
• From the World of Science ( The First Testimony)
• A Verification: Tullio Regge
• The General's Intervention
• From the World of Art (The Second Testimony)
• In Latin America
• From the World of Critics (The Third Testimony)
• Why?
• Handwriting Analysis
• Epilogue
• Part II Letters, Documents, and Testimonies
• 9. Letters and Testimonies

• 10. Other Documents Related to His Professorship and His Disappearance
• 11. Other Testimonies
• 12. The Possible Presence in Argentina: Testimonies
• List of Ettore Majorana's Publications
• Bibliography
• Appendix "In Memory of Ettore Majorana"
• 1. His Youth
• 2. His University Studies in Physics
• 3. His Work in the Field of Atomic and Molecular Physics and the Evolution of His Interests in the Physics of Nuclei
• 4. His Trip Abroad

• 1 - Introduction to Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei, and Campanian Volcanism
• 2 - The contributions and influence of two Americans, Henry S. Washington and Frank A. Perret, to the study of Italian volcanism with emphasis on volcanoes in the Naples area.
• 3 - Kinematics of the Tyrrhenian-Apennine system and implications for the origin of the Campanian magmatism
• 4 - Lithosphere structural model of the Campania Plain
• 5 - Campania volcanoes: petrology, geochemistry, and geodynamic significance
• 6 - Tracing magma evolution at Vesuvius volcano using melt inclusions: a review
• 7 - Magmatism of the Phlegrean Volcanic Fields as revealed by melt inclusions
• 8 - The 39 ka Campanian Ignimbrite eruption: new data on source area in the Campanian Plain
• 9 - Effect of paleomorphology on facies distribution of the Campania Ignimbrite in the northern Campania Plain, southern Italy
• 10 - Petrogenesis of the Campanian Ignimbrites: a review
• 11 - The Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruption as the source of the Campi Flegrei caldera
• 12 - Space-time evolution of an active volcanic field in an extentional region: the example of the Campania margin (eastern Tyrrhenian Sea)
• 13 - Petrologic experimental data on Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei magmatism: a review
• 14 - Hydrothermal versus magmatic: geochemical views and clues into the unrest dilemma at Campi Flegrei
• 15 - Ground movement (bradyseism) in the Campi Flegrei volcanic area: a review
• 16 - The holocene marine record of unrest, volcanism, and hydrothermal activity of Campi Flegrei and Somma–Vesuvius
• 17 - Volcanological risk associated with Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei

Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei, and Campanian Volcanism communicates the state-of-the-art scientific knowledge on past and active volcanism in an area characterized by elevated risk due to high-density population. Eruptions, lahars and poisonous gas clouds have killed many thousands of people over recorded history, but volcanoes have given people some of the most fertile soil known in agriculture. The research presented in this book is useful for policymakers and researchers from these and other countries who are looking for risk assessment and volcanic evolution models they can apply to similar situations around the world. Naples and its surrounding area, in particular, the area situated between Vesuvius and the Campi Flegrei volcanic area has a population in excess of 4 million people. The volcanic areas that have similarly large populations in proximity to dormant, but hazardous volcanoes, i.e., Indonesia and Central America can also benefit from this work. Covers the fundamental science of volcanoes, including new developments in the last decade relating to the use of crystals and melt inclusions to model the nature and evolution of volatiles Includes the latest research on volcanism in Southern Italy that is presented as a case study for active and inactive volcanoes across the globe Presents research that is applicable around the world, for people, scientists and policymakers living on, or near, active volcanoes

• Geodynamics and magmatism of the central Mediterranean region / Casalini M., Pensa A., Avanzinelli R., Giordano G., Mattei M., Conticelli S.
• The importance of exhumed systems in understanding submarine volcanic processes and deposit facies (the example of the Neogene Cabo de Gata volcanic arc, Spain) / Soriano C., Giordano G.
• Seafloor hydrothermal systems and associated mineral deposits of the Tyrrhenian Sea / Monecke T., Petersen S., Augustin N., Hannington M.
• Atlas of Italian submarine volcanic structures / Pensa A., Pinton A., Vita L., Bonamico A., De Benedetti A.A., Giordano G.

• Foreword Br. Guy Consolmagno, S.J. Foreword Nichi D'Amico Preface Ileana Chinnici Acknowledgments List of Illustrations
• Introduction: A Century in Ferment
• 1 Secchi's Early Life and Education: From Childhood to the Priesthood
• 2 The Experience of Exile: A Tragic Opportunity
• 3 Establishing the New Collegio Romano Observatory: An Observatory for "Physical Astronomy"
• 4 Advisor to the Papal States: Science in the Service of the Public
• 5 A Rising International Career: Travels, Achievements, and Recognition
• 6 Contributions to Astrophysics
• 7 A Crucial Political Change: New Risks and Missed Opportunities
• 8 A Society for a New Astronomy: Building a Network for Spectroscopic Research
• 9 A Controversial Personality: Secchi and the Scientific Debates of His Time
• 10 Secchi's Final Years: Illness and Uncertainty
• Conclusion: Secchi's Scientific Legacy
• Bibliography Index.
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In Decoding the Stars, Ileana Chinnici offers an account of the life of the Jesuit scientist Angelo Secchi (1818-1878). In addition to providing an invaluable account of Secchi's life and work-something that has been sorely lacking in the English-language scholarship-this biography will be especially stimulating for those interested in the evolution of astrophysics as a discipline from the nineteenth century onward. Despite his eclecticism, reminiscent of the natural philosophers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Secchi was in many ways a very modern scientist: open to innovation and cooperation, and a promoter of popularization and citizen science. Secchi also appears fully inserted in the cultural context of his time: he participated in philosophical and scientific debates, spread new theories and ideas, but also suffered the consequences of political events that marked those years and impacted on his life and activities.
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Guido Altarelli was a leading figure in 20th century particle physics. His scientific contributions and leadership played a key role in the development of the Standard Model of fundamental interactions, as well as the current search for new physics beyond it, both at and beyond CERN. This book is a collection of original contributions, at the cutting edge of scientific research, by some of the leading theoretical and experimental high-energy physicists currently in the field. These were inspired by Guido's ideas, whether directly or indirectly. This book is ideal for researchers looking to keep up with the latest developments in high-energy physics.
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• Introduction to the correspondence
• Letters