AMALIA ERCOLI FINZI, la vita di una SCIENZIATA RIBELLE - Festival della Scienza 2018

What's the daily life of a woman scientist like? What technological and human challenges does she face at work? And at home? Amalia Ercoli Finzi talks "with family" with her son-in-law, Tommaso Tirelli, author of the novel "The Lady of the Comets," whose protagonist is inspired by his fearsome yet lovable mother-in-law. From a privileged yet detached perspective, the author interviews the mother of the Rosetta space mission about the opportunities and difficulties encountered along her personal and professional journey, drawing parallels between the book's fictional character and the diminutive yet great scientist. For the first woman to graduate in aeronautical engineering in Italy, it was certainly not easy to "conquer space," a world naturally thought to be the preserve of men: the world of technology, machines, and numbers. An example of success, aimed especially at girls in STEM fields who are pushing for change today. The recipe for becoming the "Lady of the Comets" involves a dose of hard work, a singular passion, disarming determination, and a pinch of luck. Since childhood, she has had a profound love for "doing," learning to do, and learning to discover. The engineering approach she adopted, even in managing home life—with set times and methods, for a family of five children and a husband—may not have worked out perfectly, but it was probably the most challenging project to manage. An undeniable success, however, was Amalia's contribution to the Rosetta mission: by scratching the back of a comet 500 million kilometers from Earth with a drill she designed, she led to a turning point in the search for the building blocks of life in the Solar System. The conference "Amalia Ercoli Finzi: The Lady of the Comets - Domestic Life of a Rebel Scientist," a conversation with Amalia Ercoli Finzi and Tommaso Tirelli, took place at the 2018 Science Festival. #amaliaercolifinzi #scientist #festivalscienza ~ 📨 Subscribe to the Science Festival newsletter 👇 https://www.festivalscienza.it/iscriv... 📐 Watch all our FREE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES for schools and families 👇    • Attività didattiche GRATUITE per scuole e ...   ~ ➜ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:    / festivalscienza   ➜ INSTAGRAM:   / festivalscienza   ➜ FACEBOOK:   / festivalscienza   ➜ LINKEDIN:   / associazione-festival-della-scienza