Isolation scientist’s legacy
Anchor Marco Werman reports on the life and work of Italian sociologist Maurizio Montalbini, who died last week at the age of 56. Montalbini spent months at a time living alone in caves to study the effects of isolation. His work was used by NASA and some of the world’s top universities.
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