Raffaella Simili teaches History of scientific thought at Bologna University. She is the representative for Italy at the International Union of the History of Science, of which she was also First-Vice President, and at the Executive Council of the European Science Foundation. She has published, amongst other volumes: L'epistemologia di Cambridge. 1850-1950. (Bologna 1987), Federigo Enriques filosofo e scienziato (Bologna 1989), Guglielmo Marconi e l'Italia (Roma 1996). For Laterza she has edited the volume Scienza tecnologia e istituzioni in Europa. Vito Volterra e l'origine del CNR (1993).

Giovanni Paoloni teaches General Archive Studies in the Specialist School for Archivists and Librarians at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. He is specialized in the archives and historical events of businesses and scientific research institutes in Italy, from unification to the post-war period. His publications include: Lincei in United Italy (Rome 2004) and Vito Volterra (co-written with A. Guerraggio, Milan 2008).