Acknowledgements
To my husband Enrico and to my mother Mirella
Alessandra Celletti
To Eugenia Pennylane and Emilia Pollyjean
Ettore Perozzi
Many people have helped us
throughout the writing of this book: discussions, suggestions,
comments, encouragement, logistic and moral support have been supplied
by Niccolò Argentieri, Antonella Barucci, Teresa Boccuti, Ruggero
Casacchia, Paola Celletti, Luigi Chierchia, Carolina Ciampoaglia,
Grazia Ciminelli, Alessandro Coletta, Marcello Coradini, Simonetta Di
Pippo, Elisabetta Dotto, Sylvio Ferraz-Mello, Lorenza Foschini,
Giangiacomo Gandolfi, Edizioni Lapis, Cristina Lupi, Alessandro Manara,
Paolo Marpicati, Barbara Martellacci, Andrea Milani, Luca Missori,
Cristina Morciano, Franca Morgia, Jane O’Farrell, Anna Parisi, Walter
Pecorella, Mirella Perali, Elena Perozzi, Giuditta Perozzi, Umberto
Rampa, Enrico Romita, Alessandro Rossi, Hans Scholl, Bruno Sicardy,
Bonnie Steves, Sabina & Simone Tonon, Giovanna Tranfo, Alberto
Tuozzi, Giovanni Valsecchi, Giovanni Verardi. A very special thank to
all the CELMEC participants, to Paolo Ulivi, who provided the missing
link between Praxis and ourselves, and to John Mason and Clive Horwood
for their patient and continuous support.