Giovanni Agosta - Research & Teaching personal http://home.deib.polimi.it/agosta/ 2020-03-26T11:39:09+01:00 Giovanni Agosta - Research & Teaching http://home.deib.polimi.it/agosta/ http://home.deib.polimi.it/agosta/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2015-07-23T17:22:09+01:00 personal:lit http://home.deib.polimi.it/agosta/doku.php?id=personal:lit&rev=1437664929 Literature I read a lot. However, I'm quite focused on a few genres -- science fiction, fantasy, and some noir and horror among the moderns, and epic poetry (from the homeric poems to the chansons de geste, to the later chivalric poems like Orlando Furioso), tragic theater (Aeschylus and Shakespeare being my favorite authors), and some history and philosophy (mainly the great Latin and Greek authors, Caesar, Herodotus, Plutarch, Plato and Tacitus but also some lesser authors of miscellanea likā€¦ text/html 2015-07-23T17:03:48+01:00 personal:marts http://home.deib.polimi.it/agosta/doku.php?id=personal:marts&rev=1437663828 Martial Arts I have a deep interest in Martial Arts, especially Chinese styles. I studied Chen style Tai Ji Quan for some years, and Wing Chun, Judo and western fencing for (much) shorter times. Links * San Bao Kung Fu Kuan: the school where I studied. * Nanjing Hong: another Chen style lineage that is found in Milan. * Some videos showing Chen style forms. text/html 2015-07-23T17:02:42+01:00 personal:rpg http://home.deib.polimi.it/agosta/doku.php?id=personal:rpg&rev=1437663762 Roleplaying Games Roleplaying games are my single favorite hobby. I'm especially interested in the Classic D&D game, that is the 1983 (and following) edition of Dungeon & Dragons, and AD&D 2e, that is the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.