Fabio Bevilacqua
Pavia University, Italy
Since 2001 Fabio Bevilacqua has been full professor of History of Science at the “A. Volta” Department of Physics in the Science Faculty of Pavia University.His main research interests are history of physics (history of the principle of conservation of energy, of relativity, of classical electromagnetism, of optics) and the application of history of physics to the diffusion of scientific culture through science museums and digital technologies; he is particularly interested in the preservation of scientific cultural heritage (instruments, books, archives). Professor Bevilacqua served as the IHPST President 1999-2001, hosted the IHPST Conference in Como, Italy, and also served on the editorial board for Science & Education. Fabio Bevilacqua’s lifetime of contributions to the IHPST group are deeply appreciated.