Enzo Tiezzi
Enzo Tiezzi (born February 4, 1938 in Siena ; † June 25, 2010 ibid) was an Italian chemist ( physical chemistry ).
Tiezzi studied chemistry at the University of Florence with a Laureate degree and from that time on was particularly concerned with nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR). His teachers included Giorgio Piccardi (1895–1972), a student of Walter Nernst , and Enzo Ferroni (1921–2007). He taught for four years at the University of Cagliari and was in the USA with the physicist Sam Weissman and the biologist Barry Commoner in 1966/67 with a Fulbright scholarship . After returning, he qualified as a professor in physical chemistry in 1968 and was professor in Siena from 1970.
Like his teacher Piccardi, he dealt with oscillating chemical reactions and was in contact with Ilya Prigogine's Brussels school and applied his theory of dissipative systems.
In the 1980s he was part of an international group of scientists (like Ilya Prigogine) who advocated sustainable development and he was also publicly active as an opponent of nuclear power during this time and advocated environmental issues in general. He also dealt with complex dynamic systems in ecology (where he coined the term Confined Ontic Open Systems, COOS for short, reminiscent of the island of Hippocrates' birth) and economics and also published in economics (e.g. a proposal for a new economic indicator ISEW).
He wrote over 500 scientific articles and 20 books, including some popular science. He also published with his wife Nadia Marchettini.
In 2004 he received the Blaise Pascal Medal and the Mangia d'Oro from the city of Siena.
Fonts
- Tempi storici, tempi biologici, Garzanti, 1984
- Bugie, silenzi, grida. La disinformazione ecologica in un'annata di cinque quotidiani, con Carla Ravaioli, Garzanti, 1989;
- Il capitombolo di Ulisse, Feltrinelli, 1991;
- Entropia e dintorni, con S. Ulgiati, Giunti, 1991;
- I limiti biofisici del pianeta, from G. Carli, Giunti, 1991;
- L'energia, con S. Ulgiati, Giunti, 1992;
- Il problema demografico, con N. Rossi, Giunti, 1992
- L'equilibrio. I diversi aspetti di unico concetto, CUEN, 1995;
- Fermata il tempo. Un'interpretazione estetico-scientifica della natura, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 1996;
- with Nadia Marchettini: Oltre l'illuminismo. Ecologia, civiltà, sviluppo, CUEN, 1996;
- La bellezza e la scienza, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 1998
- La più bella storia del mondo, Marcos y Marcos, 1998
- with Nadia Marchettini: Che cos'è lo sviluppo sostenibile? Donzelli, 1999
- with R. Cassigoli: I venti e la rotta. Dialogo sulla terra nel XXI secolo, Polistampa, 2000
- Tempi storici tempi biologici. Vent'anni dopo, Donzelli, 2001
- with Federico M. Pulselli, Simone Bastianoni, Nadia Marchettini: La soglia della sostenibilità. Ovvero quello che il Pil non dice, Donzelli, 2007
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tiezzi, Enzo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 2010 |
| Place of death | Siena |