Paolo Maffei

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Paolo Maffei


Born
Foligno, Italy
Died
March 01, 2009

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Paolo Maffei (1926-2009) was an Italian astronomer and science writer.

He was born in Foligno and he has been former director of the Catania Observatory and an astronomer at Arcetri, Bologna, Asiago and Hamburg. He studied comets, variable stars, galaxies and the evolution of the universe.

Maffei was well-known as a writer of history of astronomy and popularizer of astronomy through a serious books, including the Al di là della Luna (1973) and I mostri del cielo (1976).

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Al di là della luna

4.27 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1977 — 11 editions
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Monsters in the Sky

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The Universe in Time

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La cometa di Halley

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L'universo nel tempo

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Come è cambiato il mondo in...

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Web che funziona. Guida ai ...

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La Comète de Halley: Une ré...

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Beyond the Moon

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Monsters in the Sky

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