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Conf. Cephalal. et Neurol. 2021; Vol. 31, N. 2: e2021018 © Mattioli 1885

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L’intrigo Spallanzani di Paolo Mazzarello

Edizione: Bollati Boringhieri

Il leggendario mago della sperimentazione, Lazzaro Spallanzani, era un affermato professore di storia naturale a Pavia quando nel 1785 decise di compiere una lun- ga esplorazione nei territori dell’impero ottomano. Durante l’avventuroso viaggio fece notevoli osservazioni di biologia marina, geologia e ornitologia. Con il fervore di una mente insaziabile, annotò gli usi delle popolazioni locali e l’amalgama di splendore e fatiscenza delle città, partecipando alla vivace vita culturale che ruotava attorno alle ambasciate occidentali.

Quando fece ritorno a Pavia, venne investito dall’accusa infamante di aver rubato degli esemplari naturalistici dal museo dell’Università. Alla base di questo com- plotto vi erano invidie e rivalità accademiche, non così distanti da quelle odierne, ma anche forti contrapposizioni ideologiche. Caduta ogni accusa, la vicenda si concluse con la vendetta dello scienziato ai danni del suo principale detrattore, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli: una rivincita che, tramite reperti finti e sagaci libretti pseudonimi, presen- tava la stessa precisione e verve creativa delle sue indagini scientifiche.

Gli intrighi dei celebri accademici divennero famosi anche all’estero e – come svelano alcuni recenti ritrovamenti documentali – si spinsero fino all’entourage di un anziano Carlo Goldoni.

Paolo Mazzarello allestisce una formidabile impalcatura di fonti, restituendo con uno stile garbato e ironico l’esu- berante atmosfera del secolo dei Lumi. Un impareggiabile viaggio nella cultura scientifica dell’Italia del Settecento fra sfide della scienza e congiure di potere.

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Explaining Health Across the Sciences di Jonathan Sholl, Suresh I. S. Rattan (Editors) Edizione: Springer

Rapidly changing demographics worldwide towards increased proportion of the elderly in the population and increased life-expectancy have brought the issues, such as “why we grow old”, “how we grow old”, “how long can we live”, “how to maintain health”, “how to prevent and treat diseases in old age”, “what are the future perspectives for healthy ageing and longevity” and so on, in the centre stage of scientific, social, political, and economic arena. Although the descriptive aspects of ageing are now well established at

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the level of species, populations, individuals, and within an individual at the tissue, cell and molecular levels, the implications of such detailed understanding with respect to the aim of achieving healthy ageing and longevity are ever-changing and challenging issues. This continuing success of gerontology, and especially of biogerontology, is attracting the attention of both the well established academicians and the younger generation of students and researchers in biology, medicine, bioinformatics, bioeconomy, sports science, and nutritional sciences, along with sociologists, psychologists, politicians, public health experts, and health-care industry including cosmeceutical-, food-, and lifestyle-industry. Books in this series will cover the topics related to the issues of healthy ageing and longevity. This series will provide not only the exhaustive reviews of the established body of knowledge, but also will give a critical evaluation of the ongoing research and development with respect to theoretical and evidence-based practical and ethical aspects of interventions towards maintaining, recovering and enhancing health and longevity.

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13277

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