Article ID: CBB000850198

Ettore Majorana's Course on Theoretical Physics: A Recent Discovery (2007)

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We analyze in some detail the course that Ettore Majorana gave on theoretical physics at the University of Naples between January and March 1938, just prior to his mysterious disappearance. We discuss, in particular, the recently discovered Moreno Lecture Notes, in which all of Majorana's lectures are recorded, six of which are not present in those that are preserved in the Domus Galilaeana in Pisa, Italy.

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Authors & Contributors
Robotti, Nadia
Guerra, Francisco
Lethen, Tim
Romano, Paola
Cavaliere, Maria Rosa
Petillo, Maria Candida
Journals
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Physics in Perspective
Science in Context
Science
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
European Physical Journal H
Publishers
Pavia University Press
World Scientific Publishing Co.
Fondazione Museo Storico del Trentino
Springer International Publishing
University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Princeton University Press
Concepts
Physics
Theoretical physics
Biographies
Science education and teaching
Lectures
Relativity
People
Majorana, Ettore
Fermi, Enrico
Einstein, Albert
Rand, Rose
Waller, Ivar
Zilsel, Edgar
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
18th century
Places
Italy
Naples (Italy)
Rome (Italy)
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Sicily
Turin (Italy)
Institutions
Università di Napoli
Vienna Circle
Università di Roma
Princeton University
Universität Göttingen
Università di Firenze
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