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Applied Developmental Psychology 27 (2006) 183 – 187 Book review Montessori education and its scientific basis Angeline Stoll Lillard, Montessori: The science behind the genius, Oxford University Press, Oxford, ISBN: 0-19-516868-2, 2005, (cloth), 224 pp., $35 Italians have always revered the arts and promoted the infusion of beauty and fine design into the quality of everyday life. Perhaps it is this distinctive cultural flair, revealed in fields such as architecture, painting, interior design, graphics, fashion, and cuisine, that has influenced Italy also to become a giant in the field of early childhood education. In the 20th century, Italy has produced two of the worlds most innovative and influential leaders: Maria Montessori (1870–1952) from Rome, in southern Italy; and Loris Malagazzi (1920–1994) from Reggio Emilia, in the northern part of the country. Montessori education is the subject of Angeline Lillards book. Montessori, a brilliant figure who was Italys first woman physician, created an approach that reflected a late 19th century vision of mental development and theoretical kinship with the great European progressive educational philosophers, Jean-Jacque Rousseau, Johann Pestalozzi and Fredrich Froebel (Edwards, 2002, 2003). The many parallels between her ideas and those of the American progressive, John Dewey, her contemporary, are due to the fact that their ideas grew out of shared theoretical roots and were responsive to the social and cultural transformations engendered by the industrial revolution. Montessori is the only woman regularly listed as one of the very great figures in the history and philosophy of education, and up until 2002 when the European Union issued the Euro as common currency, her countrys deep regard was indicated by her face on the Italian 1000 Lira