A complete history of astronomy
Bignami, G. F.
Jan - 2002

journal : Nature

Issue : Issue 6890
type: Article Journal

Abstract
In the introduction to his Why Read the Classics, Italo Calvino mentions only one Italian author, Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837). Calvino does not praise Leopardi as the author of the Canti, which is one of the greatest poetic works of the nineteenth century, but instead refers to the unique education that the young genius received in his fathers castle.

keywords : G. F. Bignami: ASI authors