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Monica Calzolari archivist (retired)
Rome State Archives, Italy
She is specialized in the conservation of archives, with particular reference to emergency situations and in the ordering and inventorying of nineteenth- century archives.
He has carried out historical research on the Risorgimento in the Papal States, on the
history of crime and prison, on science and technique, and on theatrical and musical
culture from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries; her studies are described in
numerous publications. In particular, she has worked on the archive of the
“Commissione speciale deputata alla ricostruzione della basilica di San Paolo fuori
le mura” after the fire of 1823, where she rediscovered the documentation related to
the innovative fire prevention and reaction system devised by Angelo Secchi in 1867.
Roberto Capuzzo Dolcetta Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics and Fluid
dynamics for Astrophysics
Department of Physics, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
He authored or coauthored 210 papers and books in the fields of theoretical and
numerical astrophysics, with particular emphasis on massive large-scale simulations using supercomputers. He has taught and worked in many international institutions such as Boston University, University of Washington, University of Leiden
(NL), University of Heidelberg (DE), etc. He has been chair of the Ph.D. in
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Space Science, joint program among the Universities
of Sapienza and Tor Vergata and INAF (National Institute for Astrophysics, Italy).
Ileana Chinnici Research astronomer
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Also: Adjoint scholar at Vatican Observatory
Her main research topic is history of astronomy in the nineteenth century, and especially the raising of astrophysics. In charge of the historical museum of Palermo
Observatory, she is author of many papers and books, mostly based on inventorying
and exploitation of historical astronomical archives, including the Carte du Ciel
archives at Paris Observatory and the Secchi archival fund at the Pontifical Gregorian
University. She is currently member of the Organizing Committee of the Commission
3 (History of Astronomy) of the International Astronomical Union.
About the Contributors
Monica Calzolari archivist (retired)
Rome State Archives, Italy
She is specialized in the conservation of archives, with particular reference to emergency situations and in the ordering and inventorying of nineteenth- century archives.
He has carried out historical research on the Risorgimento in the Papal States, on the
history of crime and prison, on science and technique, and on theatrical and musical
culture from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries; her studies are described in
numerous publications. In particular, she has worked on the archive of the
“Commissione speciale deputata alla ricostruzione della basilica di San Paolo fuori
le mura” after the fire of 1823, where she rediscovered the documentation related to
the innovative fire prevention and reaction system devised by Angelo Secchi in 1867.
Roberto Capuzzo Dolcetta Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics and Fluid
dynamics for Astrophysics
Department of Physics, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
He authored or coauthored 210 papers and books in the fields of theoretical and
numerical astrophysics, with particular emphasis on massive large-scale simulations using supercomputers. He has taught and worked in many international institutions such as Boston University, University of Washington, University of Leiden
(NL), University of Heidelberg (DE), etc. He has been chair of the Ph.D. in
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Space Science, joint program among the Universities
of Sapienza and Tor Vergata and INAF (National Institute for Astrophysics, Italy).
Ileana Chinnici Research astronomer
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Also: Adjoint scholar at Vatican Observatory
Her main research topic is history of astronomy in the nineteenth century, and especially the raising of astrophysics. In charge of the historical museum of Palermo
Observatory, she is author of many papers and books, mostly based on inventorying
and exploitation of historical astronomical archives, including the Carte du Ciel
archives at Paris Observatory and the Secchi archival fund at the Pontifical Gregorian
University. She is currently member of the Organizing Committee of the Commission
3 (History of Astronomy) of the International Astronomical Union.
About the Contributors