The Milan Institute of Physics : a research institute from Fascism to the Reconstruction

The Milan Institute of Physics : a research institute from Fascism to the Reconstruction / Leonardo Gariboldi, Luisa Bonolis, Antonella Testa.

This book offers the first comprehensive and authoritative text on the history of physics in Italy's industrial and financial capital, from the foundation of the University of Milan's Institute of Physics in 1924 up to the early 1960s, when it moved to its current location. It includes bio...

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Main Authors: Gariboldi, Leonardo (Author), Bonolis, Luisa (Author), Testa, Antonella (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Series:History of physics (Springer (Firm)),
Subjects:
Università di Milano. > Institute of Physics > History.
Physics > Italy > Milan > History.
Physics > Study and teaching (Higher) > Italy > Milan > History.
Physics
Physics > Study and teaching (Higher)
Italy > Milan
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Physics in Milan before the foundation of the University of Milan
  • The Institute of Complementary Physics: Aldo Pontremoli and the 1928 polar expedition
  • The Institute of Physics in 1930-45: Giovanni Polvani, the impact of Fascism and the war on the physics community
  • Giovanni Gentile jr and the intermediate statistics
  • The post-war reconstruction of the Institute of Physics
  • Cosmic-ray physics: from Giuseppe Cocconi's cloud chambers to Beppo Occhialini's nuclear emulsions
  • Nuclear physics: the collaboration with the C.I.S.E. (Centro Informazioni Studi Esperienze) and the I.N.F.N. (National Institute of Nuclear Physics)
  • Theoretical physics: the contributions by Piero Caldirola and his school.

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