Mr. Nicola Marras

Nicola Marras - Italy. Collector, member of ARC and of the Oughtred Society, promotes through exhibits and educational courses the memory of old calculating devices and ancient navigation systems. Nicola wants young people to understand that the world as we see it now, skyscrapers, highways, atomic power, space exploration and the electronic computer, was only possible because of simple tools like slide rules. His main event every year is the exhibit at Cagliari Festivalscienza. His goal is the construction of a permanent museum of calculus. Nicola Marras' website, both in Italian and English, is: www.nicolamarras.it/calcolatoria.