I was lucky enough to meet Sarah Savioli at the Gavoi literary festival “L’Isola delle storie” which I attended with some reader friends. We didn’t know this author, she intrigued us and we went to the presentation of her latest book: “I selvatici”. I discovered that someone had written about […]
Monthly Archives: September 2024
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The Englishman Alexander Parkes between 1861 and 1862, while developing his studies on cellulose nitrate, isolated and patented the first semi-synthetic plastic material: Xylonite. A few years later, the American Hyatt brothers, to replace the expensive and rare ivory in the production of billiard balls, patented the celluloid formula. Bakelite, […]
In an age where visual communication is predominant, finding a book with a white cover and simple black writing is strange. Very strange.No pictures in the entire book! Not even an emoticon. Yes, because even the short messages with which we communicate daily in messaging applications are dotted with smileys, […]
In birds, fertilization is an action of… tightrope walkers: the female, after a suitable period of courtship, decides to stop by crouching on the ground, lets the male climb on her back, waddling in precarious balance until in an instant, having achieved the necessary coordination, the two bring their cloacal […]