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Major events and personalities of 20th-century physics are portrayed in the recollections and in the historiographical works of one of the prominent figures of European science. A former student of Enrico Fermi, and a leading personality of physical research and science policy in postwar Italy, Edoardo Amaldi devoted part of his activity to document, both as witness and as historian, some significant moments of 20th-century science. The focus in this volume is on the European scene, ranging from nuclear research in Rome in the 1930s to particle physics at CERN, and including biographies of such physicists as Ettore Majorana, Bruno Touschek and Fritz Houtermans.

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Author:   Giovanni Battimelli (Univ Degli Studi Di Roma ""La Sapienza"", Italy) ,  Giovanni Paoloni (.)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 22.00cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 22.00cm
Weight:   2.191kg
ISBN:  

9789810223694

ISBN 10:   9810223692
Pages:   768
Publication Date:   17 July 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

From nuclei to particles - 50 years of physics in Italy - nuclear physics in Rome and the Italian scientific milieu up to 1939, postwar Italian physics; Euroean physicists and their institutions - physics at the beginning of the century, prominent personalities of 20th-century physics, European physics and CERN.

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