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The Bright and the Dark Sides of Science
The Tree of Knowledge
Claudio Ronchi
The Tree of Knowledge The Bright and the Dark Sides of Science
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Claudio Ronchi Karlsdorf-Neuthard Germany
Original Italian Edition L’Albero della Conoscenza, Editoriale Jaca Book, Milano, 2010. Editoriale Jaca Book 2010. All rights reserved. Copyright for the English translation by Springer Verlag, 2014.
ISBN 978-3-319-01483-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-01484-5
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To my wife Luciana
Preface to the English Edition
The story of this book is somewhat unusual. A few years ago I started working on a monograph, where I intended to collect a number of problems concerning ancient and modern physics. I had on my desk a pile of assorted notes taken during many years and during the course of many lectures and discussions, which would have provided enough material to fill a thick volume. Yet, when, after my retirement, I maintained more regular contact with my birth country, I was encouraged by old friends to first publish a short version of the book, addressed
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