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Maurizio Parotto Professor of Geology (Retired)
Università degli Studi “Roma TRE”, Rome, Italy
Professor of Geology at “La Sapienza” University of Rome and later at “Roma
TRE” University, Maurizio Parotto participated to the establishment in 1992 of the
new roman Athenaeum, where he was in charge as Director of the Geological
Sciences Department and President of the related degree course. He participated in
several research projects, sponsored by the National Research Council and
Universities, concerning geodynamical evolution of the Central Apennines and
focusing on areas of particular hydrogeological, geothermal, and seismic interest.
He was national coordinator of researches in the framework of the “Lithosphere
Project”; he participated in the CROP (Lower Crust) Strategic Project, supported by
CNR, ENEL, and AGIP, leading the planning and execution of a seismic profile
across Central Apennines.
He has been Director of the Geological Museum of “La Sapienza” University of
Rome, Director of the review “Geologica Romana,” member of the executive council of the Italian Geological Society and member of the Italian Consortium for
Planetary Studies.
William Sheehan Doctor, Independent scholar
Retired after 30 years of psychiatric practice, he is an amateur astronomer, historian
of astronomy, and science writer based in Flagstaff, Arizona. He is the author of
twenty books on astronomy, including Planets & Perception (Arizona, 1988), The
Immortal Fire Within: The Life and Work of Edward Emerson Barnard (1995), The
Planet Mars (Arizona, 1996), and Discovering Pluto (with Dale P. Cruikshank;
Arizona, 2018).
Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti Faculty of Theology, Scuola Interdisciplinare Superiore
per la Ricerca Interdisciplinare (SISRI)
Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome
Also: Adjoint scholar at Vatican Observatory
Born in 1955, he took an university degree in Astronomy at the University of
Bologna (1977), and a doctorate in Dogmatic Theology, at the Pontifical University
of the Holy Cross, Rome (1991). Italian C.N.R. fellow (1978–1981), he has been
appointed Astronomer of the Astronomical Observatory of Turin (1981–1985). He
is now Full Professor of Fundamental Theology at the Pontificia Università della
Santa Croce in Rome and Adjunct Scholar (2015) at the Vatican Observatory. His
fields of interest and research concern Theology of Revelation, theological and philosophical image of God, historical and philosophical perspectives of the dialogue
About the Contributors
Maurizio Parotto Professor of Geology (Retired)
Università degli Studi “Roma TRE”, Rome, Italy
Professor of Geology at “La Sapienza” University of Rome and later at “Roma
TRE” University, Maurizio Parotto participated to the establishment in 1992 of the
new roman Athenaeum, where he was in charge as Director of the Geological
Sciences Department and President of the related degree course. He participated in
several research projects, sponsored by the National Research Council and
Universities, concerning geodynamical evolution of the Central Apennines and
focusing on areas of particular hydrogeological, geothermal, and seismic interest.
He was national coordinator of researches in the framework of the “Lithosphere
Project”; he participated in the CROP (Lower Crust) Strategic Project, supported by
CNR, ENEL, and AGIP, leading the planning and execution of a seismic profile
across Central Apennines.
He has been Director of the Geological Museum of “La Sapienza” University of
Rome, Director of the review “Geologica Romana,” member of the executive council of the Italian Geological Society and member of the Italian Consortium for
Planetary Studies.
William Sheehan Doctor, Independent scholar
Retired after 30 years of psychiatric practice, he is an amateur astronomer, historian
of astronomy, and science writer based in Flagstaff, Arizona. He is the author of
twenty books on astronomy, including Planets & Perception (Arizona, 1988), The
Immortal Fire Within: The Life and Work of Edward Emerson Barnard (1995), The
Planet Mars (Arizona, 1996), and Discovering Pluto (with Dale P. Cruikshank;
Arizona, 2018).
Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti Faculty of Theology, Scuola Interdisciplinare Superiore
per la Ricerca Interdisciplinare (SISRI)
Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome
Also: Adjoint scholar at Vatican Observatory
Born in 1955, he took an university degree in Astronomy at the University of
Bologna (1977), and a doctorate in Dogmatic Theology, at the Pontifical University
of the Holy Cross, Rome (1991). Italian C.N.R. fellow (1978–1981), he has been
appointed Astronomer of the Astronomical Observatory of Turin (1981–1985). He
is now Full Professor of Fundamental Theology at the Pontificia Università della
Santa Croce in Rome and Adjunct Scholar (2015) at the Vatican Observatory. His
fields of interest and research concern Theology of Revelation, theological and philosophical image of God, historical and philosophical perspectives of the dialogue
About the Contributors