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as a Jesuit, from his religious formation in community life. Jesuits, as a religious
order, live in communities, following common rules and sharing a common project.
When Secchi first spoke about a “society of spectroscopists” (Chinnici and Gasperini
2013: 139) we cannot but take into account that he belonged to another society – the
Fig. 4.6 Manuscript by Secchi about the scientific expedition to Spain in 1860 (Courtesy of
INAF-OAR)
I. Chinnici
as a Jesuit, from his religious formation in community life. Jesuits, as a religious
order, live in communities, following common rules and sharing a common project.
When Secchi first spoke about a “society of spectroscopists” (Chinnici and Gasperini
2013: 139) we cannot but take into account that he belonged to another society – the
Fig. 4.6 Manuscript by Secchi about the scientific expedition to Spain in 1860 (Courtesy of
INAF-OAR)
I. Chinnici