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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 12

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Italy

We discover that Margherita Hack was a devoted fan of the long-running TV series, Un posto al sole [a place in the sun]. She explains why. Francesca goes back to Trieste and meets up with Eda who talks about having lived in the same house with Margherita Hack.

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Caption 50 [it]: perché, appunto, io non avendo mai vissuto con mio padre,
Caption 50 [en]: because, exactly, never having lived with my father,

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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 7

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Italy

This segment recounts how Aldo De Rosa and Margherita met in a park in Florence as kids and later married. Aldo supported her in her scientific work throughout their marriage, which lasted over seventy years.

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Caption 14 [it]: appunto, fino a novant'anni.
Caption 14 [en]: indeed, up to ninety years of age.

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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 2

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Italy

Eda discovered Margherita Hack on a TV show hosted by Piero Angela. This changed Eda's life. Margherita as a young scientist had a rough time in a profession where men were the important ones and had little regard for women.

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Caption 12 [it]: e in particolare, appunto, nell'astronomia.
Caption 12 [en]: and in particular, precisely, in astronomy.

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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 13

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Italy

In her final years, Rita Levi-Montalci was very, very frail, but she never lost her combative spirit. Romano Prodi recalls the last time he saw her.

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Caption 9 [it]: così, quasi, appunto iconografica, così,
Caption 9 [en]: so, almost, actually iconographic, so,

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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 12

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Italy

Not only did she win a Nobel prize; in her own country, she was appointed as a Senator for life, a great honor. But she took that job seriously and participated actively and with integrity. Not everyone appreciated that.

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Caption 39 [it]: Li trattò per quello che erano, appunto dei miserabili.
Caption 39 [en]: She treated them for what they were, despicable people, essentially.

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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 10

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Italy

Rita Levi Montalcini doesn't feel like she made any sacrifices in her life, including not having a family. She had a clear vision of what she wanted out of life, and she followed it.

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Caption 2 [it]: fino, appunto, al settore
Caption 2 [en]: right up, indeed, to the branch

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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 4

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Italy

Rita Levi Montalcini dedicated a great part of her life to young people, especially young researchers, and though she had no children of her own, she felt that all kinds of young people were like sons and daughters to her.

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Caption 58 [it]: ma appunto ad una libertà nella ricerca,
Caption 58 [en]: but precisely the freedom in research,

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Space to ground - EP2 Energia dell'universo. Luce - Part 3

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Italy

Luisella Giulicchi, the system manager for the ESA Copernicus Sentinel six mission, explains what an exoplanet is. Two young researchers do a simple experiment to show us how infrared rays work.

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Caption 11 [it]: e che presenta, appunto, acqua nella sua atmosfera.
Caption 11 [en]: and which has, indeed, water in its atmosphere.

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Space to ground - EP2 Energia dell'universo. Luce - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Luisella Giulicchi, manager of the European Space Agency ESA, answers questions about light, infrared rays, and lightyears.

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Caption 16 [it]: e, appunto, viene usata per misurare le distanze tra stelle e pianeti
Caption 16 [en]: and, in fact, it is used to measure the distances between stars and planets

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