Nobel, Elettra Marconi: “Happy for Parisi, even my father would have been proud”

“I am happy for the Nobel Prize in Physics won by Giorgio Parisi. Such a rare and difficult science. Even my father would have been proud of it. For him, for the country”. This is what Elettra Giovanelli Marconi, daughter of the first Italian Nobel Prize Winner in Physics, told Adnkronos. “What happened today makes me think back to the years spent next to my father – he added – When he won the Nobel Prize, in 1909 he was only 35 years old, he was very young. He was a passionate man, an enthusiast who deeply loved young people, especially when he saw boys. that possessed qualities. Because, let’s not hide it, physics is not for everyone, special skills are needed. He supported them, encouraged them to study, encouraged them to do research and experiments “. “As Giorgio Parisi pointed out in a recent interview, more funds would be needed for research by the State – continued Princess Giovanelli Marconi – I only remember that my father, but maybe it was another time, he carried out all his experiments relying only on his strength, investing money and possessions, founding the Marconi Company. Guglielmo Marconi did not have an easy life – continued his daughter and heir – Amato, but also fought, opposed, many rejoiced with him, but there were also many people who felt envy and resentment towards him “. He loves to remember his father Elettra Marconi, with sweetness. That father never forgotten who put on his yacht, where he lived, worked and experimented, the name Elettra in honor of his youngest daughter, while he was studying electromagnetic waves. “Piccolina was watching the experiments, it was like a game. My father asked me to stick sheets on the windows to pretend the fog and poor visibility,” she continued. And Elettra Marconi still remembered the 700 people saved from the Titanic, thanks to what she calls the ‘heroic radio operators’ or another rescue, in 1909, perhaps less known. “It was the English ship Republic that was traveling to New York, it was rammed by an Italian ocean liner, the Florida – Guglielmo Marconi’s daughter continued in her story – For the first time in the history of navigation the wireless telegraph was used Marconi to launch the S.OS More than 2 thousand people were rescued with a heroic operation. My father was, with my mother, on the quayside to welcome the castaways. He was excited. He told me, smiling, that he returned with his jacket. to throw away. They had removed all the buttons as a souvenir, for gratitude, for gratitude. Like relics. “