- Antonio Stoppani
Antonio Stoppani (
August 24 ,1824 –January 1 ,1891 ) was an Italiangeologist andpalaeontologist .Born in
Lecco , he became professor of geology in the Royal Technical Institute ofMilan , and was distinguished for his researches on theTriassic andLiassic formations of northernItaly.Among his works were:
*"Paleontologie Lombarde" (1858-1881)
*"Les petrifaction d'Esino" (1858-1860)
*"Géologie et paleontologie des conches a Avicula Contorta en Lombardie" (1860-1865)
*"Corso di geologia" (3 vols, 1871-1873)
*"L'Era Neozoica" (1881)In this last work the author discussed the glaciation of the ItalianAlps and the history of Italy during thePleistocene age.Stoppani was very important as a popularizer of science. His most popular work, "Il Bel Paese" (1876), presents - by means of 32 didactical/scientific conversations in front of a fireplace - ideas and concepts of the natural sciences, with a language that was accessible to the average 19th-century reader, and particularly deals with geology and the beauties of the Italian landscape.
References
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