| Education | University of Palermo, 1992 (degree in physics) |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Historian of astronomy Book author, Biographer |
| Employer | Paris Observatory, Palermo Astronomical Observatory |
| Known for | Research and adjunct astronomer |
Ileana Chinnici is an Italian historian of astronomy, book author, and biographer, whose biography of Angelo Secchi won the 2021 Osterbrock Book Prize of the American Astronomical Society.[1][2]
Education and career
Chinnici earned a degree in physics in 1992 from the University of Palermo with a dissertation concerning Italian astronomer Pietro Tacchini, supervised by Giorgia Foderà. After working as a secondary school teacher, and a visiting position at the Paris Observatory, she joined the Palermo Astronomical Observatory as a research fellow in 1995, and became curator of the observatory's museum of astronomy in 1996. Since 2004 she has been a research astronomer at the observatory, in charge of museum activities.[3] She has also been an adjunct astronomer with the Vatican Observatory since approximately 2009.[2]
Books
Chinnici's books include:
- L'osseruatorio astronomico di Palermo, la storia e gli strumenti (with Giorgia Foder Serio, Flaccovio Ed., 1997)[4]
- La carte du ciel: Correspondence inédite conservée dans les archives de l’Observatoire de Paris (edited, Paris Observatory, 1999)[5]
- Alle origini dell'astrofisica italiana: Il carteggio Secchi–Tacchini 1861–1877 (with Antonella Gasperini, Fond. Giorgio Ronchi, 2013)[6]
- Merz Telescopes: A global heritage worth preserving (edited, Springer, 2017)[7]
- Decoding the Stars: A Biography of Angelo Secchi, Jesuit and Scientist (Brill, 2019)[8]
- Angelo Secchi and Nineteenth Century Science: The Multidisciplinary Contributions of a Pioneer and Innovator (edited with Guy Consolmagno, Springer, 2021)
References
- ^ Seitzer, Patrick (12 October 2020), "Ileana Chinnici Receives 2021 Osterbrock Book Prize for Biography of Angelo Secchi", News, American Astronomical Society, retrieved 2022-05-23
- ^ Macke, Br. Robert (13 October 2020), "Specola Adjunct Scholar Chinnici Wins Osterbrock Book Prize", Sacred Space Astronomy, Vatican Observatory
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum", retrieved 2022-05-23
- ^ Review of L'osseruatorio astronomico di Palermo: *Miniati, Mara (1998), "none", Nuncius. 13 (2): 763–764, doi:10.1163/182539198x00905
- ^ Reviews of La carte du ciel: *Bigg, Charlotte (March 2001), "none", The British Journal for the History of Science. 34 (1): 119–120, doi:10.1017/S000708740036424X. JSTOR 4028056 *Evans, James (March 2005), "Review", Isis. 96 (1): 126–127, doi:10.1086/433013. JSTOR 10.1086/433013 *Jones, Derek (2002), "The history behind the history", Astronomy and Geophysics. 43 (5): 31, Bibcode:2002A&G....43e..31C. doi:10.1093/astrog/43.5.5.31 *Nikoloff, Ivan (2002), "none", Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage. 5 (2): 197, Bibcode:2002JAHH....5..197N. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1440-2807.2002.02.16
- ^ Review of Alle origini dell'astrofisica italiana: *Gariboldi, Leonardo (September 2014), "none", Isis. 105 (3): 651, doi:10.1086/679154. hdl:2434/541508. JSTOR 10.1086/679154
- ^ Reviews of Merz Telescopes: *Gabor, Paul (November 2018), "none", Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage. 21 (2–3): 255–256, Bibcode:2018JAHH...21..255G. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1440-2807.2018.02.19 *McKim, Richard (2017), "none", The Observatory. 137: 247–248, Bibcode:2017Obs...137..242. *Witt, Volker (September 2017), "none", Sterne und Weltraum. 56 (9): 88–89, Bibcode:2017S&W....56i..88W
- ^ Reviews of Decoding the Stars: *Euvé, François (2020), "none", Revue des Questions Scientifiques. 191 (1–2): 228–230, doi:10.14428/qs.v191i1-2.71233 *Graney, Christopher M. (Summer 2020), "Modern European", The Catholic Historical Review. 106 (3): 496–498, doi:10.1353/cat.2020.0051 *Orchiston, Wayne (April 2020), "none", Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage. 23 (1): 227–228, Bibcode:2020JAHH...23..227O. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1440-2807.2020.01.17 *Pasachoff, Naomi (October 2019), "In the footsteps of Galileo: raising the twenty-first-century profile of Father Angelo Secchi", Metascience. 29 (1): 77–80, doi:10.1007/s11016-019-00470-6 *Udías, Agustín, S.J. (January 2020), "none", Journal of Jesuit Studies. 7 (2): 319–322, doi:10.1163/22141332-00702011