Late astrophysicist Margherita Hack
has become the first Italian woman scientist to have a statue
erected in her honour.
The statue was put up opposite Milan's Statale University on
what would have been her 100th birthday Monday.
Hack, a great disseminator of scientific knowledge who often
appeared on Italian TV, died in 2013 aged 91.
The work was promoted by the Deloitte Foundation in
collaboration with the Casa degli Artisti and Milan city
council.
The statue is also the first of any woman erected on public soil
in Milan.
The sculpture, titled 'Fixed Gaze', is the work of the Bolognese
artist Sissi.
"This is the first statue of a woman on public ground in Milan
and the first in Italy dedicated to a woman of science," said
Milan culture councillor Tommaso Sacchi.
"The fact that Milan did not have any statures devoted to women
who had a role in history, culture and science was something
scandalous.
"This stature brings us into line with many Italian cities, but
Milan must lead the modernity of the country".
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