Continenza Barbara
Dipartimento di Ricerche Filosofiche, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma, I.
Med Secoli. 2006;18(1):159-66.
The paper highlights the role played by Giuseppe Montalenti in the dissemination of evolutionism in Italy in the 20th century, from the Thirties to the Seventies. Through a shrewd use of bibliographic policies--translations, introductions to Darwin's and Darwininian works--Montalenti succeeded in popularizing evolutionism, as well as a broader notion of biology, in the comparatively backward cultural and scientific Novecento Italian scene.
