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Mauro Gargano Research technologist
INAF –Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
Graduated in Astronomy from the University of Padua, he is in charge of the
Museum of Astronomical Instruments at the Capodimonte Observatory, where he
also deals with studies on history of astronomy, especially in Naples. He organizes
initiatives for the preservation of the historical collections and for the dissemination
of the astronomical culture to a large audience. He is member of the executive committee of the Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy, member of
the Office for Cultural Heritage at the INAF presidency, editor of the web portal
“Polvere di Stelle,” and collaborator of the Libraries and Museums Service and
Third Mission of INAF.
Antonella Gasperini First technologist
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Arcetri, Florence, Italy
She is responsible for the Libraries and Museums Service and Third Mission of the
National Institute for Astrophysics, and is involved in many initiatives for the preservation and enhancement of the INAF cultural heritage. She actively collaborates
with the dissemination activities of scientific culture of the Arcetri Astrophysical
Observatory.
Klaus Hentschel Professor, Director of the section for the history of science and
technology
University of Stuttgart, Germany
He has studied physics, philosophy, and history of science at the University of
Hamburg. His Ph.D. thesis deals with philosophical (mis)interpretations of
Einstein’s theory of relativity; his habilitation thesis analyzes the interplay of instrument making, experimentation, and theory formation in astrophysics and spectroscopy (redshift). He has published widely on the history of physical science since the
early-modern period, on invisible hands in scientific practice, on research technologies, on visual science cultures, and on the mentality of physicists. Cf. https://www.
hi.uni- stuttgart.de/institut/team/Hentschel/ and https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Klaus_Hentschel
Luigi Iafrate Researcher
Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA), Rome, Italy
Graduated in Modern Literature, with a specialization in Geography, he has carried
out research on History of Meteorology and Historical Climatology at CNR and at
the former CREA-CMA (formerly the Italian Central Office of Meteorology and
Agricultural Ecology).
About the Contributors
Mauro Gargano Research technologist
INAF –Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
Graduated in Astronomy from the University of Padua, he is in charge of the
Museum of Astronomical Instruments at the Capodimonte Observatory, where he
also deals with studies on history of astronomy, especially in Naples. He organizes
initiatives for the preservation of the historical collections and for the dissemination
of the astronomical culture to a large audience. He is member of the executive committee of the Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy, member of
the Office for Cultural Heritage at the INAF presidency, editor of the web portal
“Polvere di Stelle,” and collaborator of the Libraries and Museums Service and
Third Mission of INAF.
Antonella Gasperini First technologist
INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Arcetri, Florence, Italy
She is responsible for the Libraries and Museums Service and Third Mission of the
National Institute for Astrophysics, and is involved in many initiatives for the preservation and enhancement of the INAF cultural heritage. She actively collaborates
with the dissemination activities of scientific culture of the Arcetri Astrophysical
Observatory.
Klaus Hentschel Professor, Director of the section for the history of science and
technology
University of Stuttgart, Germany
He has studied physics, philosophy, and history of science at the University of
Hamburg. His Ph.D. thesis deals with philosophical (mis)interpretations of
Einstein’s theory of relativity; his habilitation thesis analyzes the interplay of instrument making, experimentation, and theory formation in astrophysics and spectroscopy (redshift). He has published widely on the history of physical science since the
early-modern period, on invisible hands in scientific practice, on research technologies, on visual science cultures, and on the mentality of physicists. Cf. https://www.
hi.uni- stuttgart.de/institut/team/Hentschel/ and https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Klaus_Hentschel
Luigi Iafrate Researcher
Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA), Rome, Italy
Graduated in Modern Literature, with a specialization in Geography, he has carried
out research on History of Meteorology and Historical Climatology at CNR and at
the former CREA-CMA (formerly the Italian Central Office of Meteorology and
Agricultural Ecology).
About the Contributors