20th Century Physics: Essays and Recollections
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In this volume, major events and personalities of 20th-century physics are portrayed through recollections and historiographical works of one of the most prominent figures of European science: Edoardo AmaldiĀ (Carpaneto, 1908 ā Roma, 1989). A former student of Enrico Fermi,Ā EdoardoĀ himselfĀ was one of the leading figures in 20th-century Italian science and a leading personality of physical research and science policy in post-war Italy. He devoted part of his career to documentingāas a witness and as a historianāsome significant moments of 20th-century science.
The focus of the book is Europe, ranging from nuclear research in Rome in the 1930s to particle physics at CERN, and includes biographies of physicists such as Ettore Majorana, Bruno Touschek and Fritz Houtermans.Ā
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Giovanni BattimelliĀ (Voghera, 1948ā ) is a researcher at the Department of Physics of Rome University āLa Sapienzaā. His main research interests in the history of science have focused on topics in late nineteenth and twentieth century theoretical physics, and more particularly on the Italian scenario. He is a member of the editorial board ofĀ Rivista di Storia della Scienza, and has recently edited, with M. De Maria, the memoirs of Edoardo AmaldiĀ Da via Panisperna all'America, Rome 1997.
Giovanni PaoloniĀ (Rome, 1956ā ) is a researcher at the āScuola Speciale per Archivisti e Bibliotecariā of Rome University āLa Sapienzaā. He is interested in the history and archival heritage of R&D institutions in nineteenth and twentieth century Italy. He has been the editor of:Ā Vito Volterra e il suo tempoĀ (1860ā1940), Rome 1990;Ā Energia, ambiente, innovazione. Dal CNRN all'ENEA, Rome 1992; andĀ Guglielmo Marconi e l'Italia, Rome 1996, with R. Simili.
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- Description
- About the Editors
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In this volume, major events and personalities of 20th-century physics are portrayed through recollections and historiographical works of one of the most prominent figures of European science: Edoardo AmaldiĀ (Carpaneto, 1908 ā Roma, 1989). A former student of Enrico Fermi,Ā EdoardoĀ himselfĀ was one of the leading figures in 20th-century Italian science and a leading personality of physical research and science policy in post-war Italy. He devoted part of his career to documentingāas a witness and as a historianāsome significant moments of 20th-century science.
The focus of the book is Europe, ranging from nuclear research in Rome in the 1930s to particle physics at CERN, and includes biographies of physicists such as Ettore Majorana, Bruno Touschek and Fritz Houtermans.Ā
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Giovanni BattimelliĀ (Voghera, 1948ā ) is a researcher at the Department of Physics of Rome University āLa Sapienzaā. His main research interests in the history of science have focused on topics in late nineteenth and twentieth century theoretical physics, and more particularly on the Italian scenario. He is a member of the editorial board ofĀ Rivista di Storia della Scienza, and has recently edited, with M. De Maria, the memoirs of Edoardo AmaldiĀ Da via Panisperna all'America, Rome 1997.
Giovanni PaoloniĀ (Rome, 1956ā ) is a researcher at the āScuola Speciale per Archivisti e Bibliotecariā of Rome University āLa Sapienzaā. He is interested in the history and archival heritage of R&D institutions in nineteenth and twentieth century Italy. He has been the editor of:Ā Vito Volterra e il suo tempoĀ (1860ā1940), Rome 1990;Ā Energia, ambiente, innovazione. Dal CNRN all'ENEA, Rome 1992; andĀ Guglielmo Marconi e l'Italia, Rome 1996, with R. Simili.
