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OUR COVER SHOWS A WONDERFUL INTRICATE SCULPTURE LIKE OBJECT, THE DETAIL OF A MODERN PROPELLER, THE SYMBOL OF A CONSTANT ASPIRATION IN HUMAN HISTORY: EXPLOITING THE NATURAL AND CLEAN STRENGHT OF THE WIND. WINDMILLS HAVE BEEN USED IN HUMAN HISTORY DATING BACK TO 200 B.C. AND THEY HAVE CONSTANTLY EVOLVED AS WE SEE IN THIS OLDER VERISON OF THE CURRENT MODERN WINDMILL. AS ONE CAN SEE ON PAGE, THE NEW AND THE OLD ARE FACING EACH OTHER OUT WEST, IN TEXAS, IN THE LARGEST WINDMILL FIELD IN AMERICA , POWERED BY ITALIAN ENERGY COMPANY ENEL. IN WHAT BECOMES A TRADITION, LIKE IN OUR PREVIOUS BOOK, THE PICTURE IS PRINTED ON A MONOCHROME METALLIC BACKGROUND IN A COMPOSITION INSPIRED BY ARTIST MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO.
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ROME PROJECT COORDINATOR
MATTEO PICARIELLO
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MILENA CATARCI CRISTIANA POTO
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JOSEPHINE ALBANESE CORRADO CIPOLLINI BART PASCOLI, CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON
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