section_path: Culture/Science and technology
section_name: Science and technology
paragraph_text: Science and technology
  
  Turin had an astronomical observatory used by Giovanni Plana. The scientist Amedeo Avogadro worked as a professor in Turin. Galileo Ferraris, a professor at Turin University, discovered the working principles of the electric motor during the 19th century.
  
  In modern times, Turin hosted the CSELT telco laboratory.