new observational techniques in the fields of spectroscopy and electromagnetism. In that period, the first half of 20th century, Pisa university was the core of relevant discoveries in modern physics. They were so significant that all the traditional concepts of space and time were undermined. This experience gave her the opportunity to meet important people like Polvani, Racaah, Fermi, Ronchi, Salvini. The discovery and enhancement the physicist from Noto is really recent and has been promoted by Prof. Marco Piccolino and his research in Tuscany about Nazi massacres that occurred in 1944. During his research he found out about Mariannina Ciccone's resistance against the Nazis. Prof Corrado Spataro's study has contributed to shed light on the scientist who left Noto for Pisa's Normale and devoted her soul and body to spectroscopy and light studies. Spataro writes: "it was important, appropriate and satisfying (...). meeting and studying Mariannina Ciccone in 2015 which was the 50th anniversary of her death and dedicated by UN to the "light", whose most secret components she tried to understand through the use of her spectroscope." Works Spettroscopia, GUF, Pisa, 1941. Lezioni di spettroscopia, F. Vallerini Editore, Pisa, 1947. Introduzione allo studio della fisica atomica e molecolare, F. Vallerini Editore, Pisa, 1953. Elementi di fisica per i licei scientifici, A. Signorelli, Roma, 1964. Bibliography Atti del Convegno in ricordo di Mariannina Ciccone, Noto (SR), 13-15 novembre 2015, a cura di C. Spataro, Patrocinato da: Comune di Noto, FIDAPA-BPW Italy e Consorzio Universitario Mediterraneo Orientale, Effe Grafica Fratantonio, Pachino (SR), 2016. References External links M. Piccolino In memoria di Anna Maria Ciccone Commemorazione dell'Università di Pisa Archivio SBA dell'Università di Pisa Celebrazione In memoriam Gli anni della ricostruzione Estate 1944 a Pisa 1890s births 1965 deaths 20th-century Italian physicists University of Pisa alumni Academic staff of Technische Universität Darmstadt Scientists from Sicily 20th-century Italian women scientists