Ettore Majorana Unveiled Genius and Endless Mysteries /

• Main Author: Esposito, Salvatore (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Biographies,
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Science.

This biography sheds new light on the life and work of physicist Ettore Majorana (including unpublished contributions), as well as on his mysterious disappearance in March 1938.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....

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: A Dostoeyevskijan Hero
• An Archimedes from Sicily studies in Rome
• A Certain Interest in Pure Science
• Ten short papers
• Part 2: Power for the Italian School
• The 1937 Chance
• Landing in Naples
• Part 3: A Legacy from the Grand Inquisitor
• The Mystery of the Missing Papers
• Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Famous Director
• Part 4: Investigation of a Disappearance
• Before March 26
• In Search for a Missing Professor
• The Last Chapter
• Epilogue. .