Sede del Papato, del Santo Uffizio, della Compagnia di Gesù, Roma moderna non ha la reputazione di un centro di produzione e di consumo di scienza. Eppure, nel corso dell’Ottocento, ben prima che Quintino Sella progettasse di trasformare la nuova capitale d’Italia in un «centro scientifico di luce», le due donne che coltivarono in Italia un interesse non dilettantesco per le scienze vissero proprio nella città del papa: la botanica Elisabetta Fiorini Mazzanti (1799-1879) e l’astronoma Caterina Scarpellini (1808-1873). Consuetudini e pregiudizi impedirono loro di frequentare l’Università e di coltivare apertamente la loro vocazione entro le istituzioni pubbliche; tuttavia entrambe ricavarono per sé degli spazi dove perseguire una ricerca di prim’ordine, degna della scienza “professionale”, ancora interamente maschile. Attraverso una ricca documentazione inedita, questo libro ripercorre le tappe salienti del loro percorso, con l’obiettivo di gettare luce sulla cultura scientifica romana nell’Ottocento preunitario, tuttora assai poco conosciuta. Figure perfettamente complementari – per estrazione sociale, per aree di interesse, per credo politico – Fiorini e Scarpellini offrono anche uno specchio dell’evoluzione del modello femminile e del valore della scienza in una società in trasformazione. [Abstract translated by Google Translate: This is the abstract in English… Seat of the Papacy, of the Holy Office, of the Society of Jesus, 19th century Rome does not have the reputation of a center for the production and consumption of science. Yet, during the nineteenth century, well before Quintino Sella planned to transform the new capital of Italy into a "scientific center of light," the two women who in Italy cultivated a non-amateur interest in sciences lived in the pope's city: the botanist Elisabetta Fiorini Mazzanti (1799-1879) and the astronomer Caterina Scarpellini (1808-1873). Customs and prejudices prevented them from attend university and openly cultivate their vocation within public institutions; however, both created spaces for themselves in which to pursue first-rate research, worthy of "professional" science, which was still entirely male. Through a rich unpublished documentation, this book traces the salient stages of their professional and scientific path, with the aim of shedding light on the Roman scientific culture in the pre-unification nineteenth century, which is still very little known. Perfectly complementary figures - by social background, by areas of interest, by political creed - Fiorini and Scarpellini also offer a mirror of the evolution of the female model and the value of science in a changing society.]
...MoreReview Carlo Bovolo (2020) Review of "Donne e scienza nella Roma dell’Ottocento". Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza (pp. 750-752).
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