Italians Natta (the inventor of the first catalyst for the production of isotactic propylene and among the fathers of macromolecular chemistry, for which he won the Nobel prize for chemistry along with Karl Ziegler), Evangelista Torricelli (inventor of the barometer), Alessandro Volta (inventor of the electric battery), Guglielmo Marconi (inventor of radio), Antonio Meucci (known for developing a voice-communication apparatus, often credited as the inventor of the first telephone before even Alexander Graham Bell), Galileo Ferraris (one of the pioneers of AC power system, invented the first induction motor), Ettore Majorana (who discovered the Majorana fermions), and Carlo Rubbia (1984 Nobel
Alessandro Salvio Alessandro Salvio Alessandro Salvio (c. 1570 – c. 1640) was an Italian chess player who is considered to be the unofficial world champion around the year 1600. He started an Italian chess academy in Naples, Italy, and wrote a book called "Trattato dell'Inventione et Arte Liberale del Gioco Degli Scacchi", which was published in Naples in 1604. He also wrote "Il Puttino" published in 1634. According to JH Saratt's translation, Il Puttino was first published in 1604, and republished in 1634. [1] SALUIO NAPOLITANO, DOTTOR ALESSANDRO: TRATTATO DELL’ INVENTIONE ET ARTE LIEBERALE DEL GIOCO DI SCACCHI, Diuiso in Di-scorsi, Sbaratti,