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