Isis giulio natta biography

PART I
GIULIO NATTA: THE WORKS, THE SCIENTIST, THE MAN

Biographical notes. University career

Giulio Natta was born in Porto Maurizio (Imperia) on 26 February 1903, to Ligurian parents: Francesco Maria, an eminent judge, and Elena Crespi.

After gaining a diploma from Colombo High School in Genoa he was admitted to Genoa University, aged only 16 years, to study on the two-year propedeutic mathematics course. In 1921 he enrolled on practical courses in Industrial Engineering (Chemistry) at the Polytechnic of Milan, graduating in 1924 at the age of 21 with a degree in Industrial Engineering (Chemistry), having also studied from 1922 at the Institute of General Chemistry under the Directorship of Professor Giuseppe Bruni, whose assistant Natta immediately became.
Giulio Natta lost no time in embarking on a university career with Giuseppe Bruni and, after three years, was appointed to the teaching staff in General Chemistry as "libero docente".
In 1925 he was app