Ettore Majorana: Unveiled Genius and Endless Mysteries (Springer Biographies)

by Salvatore Esposito (Author), Laura Gentile de Fraia (Translator)

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2017
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This biography sheds new light on the life and work of physicist Ettore Majorana (including unpublished contributions), as well as on his mysterious disappearance in March 1938. Majorana is held by many, including Nobel Laureate, Enrico Fermi, to have been a genius of the rank of Galilei and Newton. In this intriguing story, the author, himself a leading expert on the work of Majorana, supplements the existing literature with new insights, anecdotes and personal accounts of contemporaries of Majorana.

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This biography sheds new light on the life and work of physicist Ettore Majorana (including unpublished contributions), as well as on his mysterious disappearance in March 1938. Majorana is held by many, including Nobel Laureate, Enrico Fermi, to have been a genius of the rank of Galilei and Newton. In this intriguing story, the author, himself a leading expert on the work of Majorana, supplements the existing literature with new insights, anecdotes and personal accounts of contemporaries of Majorana.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 204
Edition: 1st ed. 2017
Publisher: Springer
Published: 08 Apr 2017
ISBN 10: 3319543180
ISBN 13: 9783319543185

Author Bio

Salvatore Esposito is a professor in the history of physics and associate professor of theoretical physics, working at the I.N.F.N. (Itlian National Institute for Nuclear Physics) in the Section of Naples. His research interests range from neutrino physics to field theory, and he is considered the world's leading expert on Majorana's work.