The importance of being Carlo
(Semi-serious notes about my first name)
I thanks my parents, who chose the name Carlo, because it is a very important one.
In its different forms and languages, Carlo is related to great personages in different areas of the human culture. I have collected some examples:

Carlo: that's me

As I am a biologist, the first two personages are related to my first scientific interest: Linnaeus and Darwin.

Charlie "Bird" Parker was a great saxophonist and jazz player. I love his performances and famous "solo": Ornithology, A night in Tunisia, Lover man...
Charles Mingus was another great jazz player... I had the fortune to see and listen one of his last concert in Italy.

Carlo Rubbia is a great scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Karl Marx was a German social philosopher. With Engels he founded the modern socialism. 

LINKS:
Carolus Linnaeus (Carl Von Linn�)
Charles Darwin
Charlie Parker
Charles Mingus
Carlo Rubbia
Karl Marx
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