XLIII National Congress of the Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy

Session

In Memoria / Commemoration of Giuliano Romano (1923-2013)

6 Sept 2023, 14:15

Conveners

In Memoria / Commemoration of Giuliano Romano (1923-2013)

• Chairperson: Prof. Em. Cesare Barbieri

76. Saluti istituzionali e ricordo del nipote

06/09/2023, 14:15

51. Giuliano Romano's Exceptional Astronomical Research at Padua

Dr UMBRIACO, Gabriele (Università di Bologna - Università di Padova - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

06/09/2023, 14:35

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Invited

In this presentation, I will review Giuliano Romano's research activities within the academic realm at the University of Padua.
Giuliano Romano graduated in Mathematics from the University of Padua in 1950 with a thesis entitled "Sui problemi statistici ed evolutivi delle stelle doppie (On the statistical and evolutionary problems of binary stars)". Immediately after, he began collaborating...

32. Giuliano Romano and the archaeoastronomy

ANTONELLO, Elio (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

06/09/2023, 15:05

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Invited

In the landscape of Italian archaeoastronomy Giuliano Romano has been the scholar that opened the road in this research field. His first contributions go back to 1980, e in the subsequent years he organized or collaborated to the organization of meetings and seminars that were a model not just for Italy. Some publications in collaboration with A. Aveni were of particular relevance. His works...

24. In Memory of Prof. Giuliano Romano

VANZIN, Enio

06/09/2023, 15:35

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Professor Giuliano Romano was one of the most important and charismatic figures in Italian astronomy. He held a prominent position in the cultural landscape of his hometown and in the academic world of the University of Padua. Not only was he a respected scientist, but also an exceptional science communicator, often referring to himself as a passionate sky observer. As someone who had the...

22. The "Meetings with Nature" Giuliano Romano and Don Paolo Chiavacci

BERTOLLO, LAURA (Centro di Spiritualità e Cultura-/Associazione Incontri con la natura don Paolo Chiavacci_ Pieve del Grappa (Tv))

06/09/2023, 15:55

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Giuliano Romano's meeting with Don Paolo Chiavacci in the 1970s: the story of a friendship on the slopes of Grappa between the cosmologist of the University of Padua and the prophetic priest of the environment in love with God and Nature. A forward-looking vision of the founder of the current Center of Spirituality and Culture, dedicated to him, in a search between the infinitely large and the...