Vittorio Cocchi was born in Florence in 1951. He graduated in 1977 (Pisa) with a degree in mechanical engineering and is the author of numerous scientific works published in specialized Italian and foreign journals. He has also published Terra Nova. Dialoghi di filosofia naturale (Clinamen, Firenze 2011) and Camilla e le banane di Markov (Polistampa, Firenze 2015).