Enrico Fermi The Obedient Genius /

This biography explores the life and career of the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, which is also the story of thirty years that transformed physics and forever changed our understanding of matter and the universe: nuclear physics and elementary particle physics were born, nuclear fission was discove...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bruzzaniti, Giuseppe (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer Biographies,
Subjects:
Mathematics.
History.
Mathematical physics.
Physics > Philosophy.
Elementary particles (Physics).
Quantum field theory.
Quantum physics.
History of Mathematical Sciences.
Mathematical Physics.
Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.
Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
Quantum Physics.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the English Edition
  • Preface to the Italian Edition
  • The Last Galilean
  • 20th Century Physics: 1900-1933
  • Enrico Fermi: Research Itineraries 1921-1933
  • 20th Century Physics: 1934-1954
  • Enrico Fermi: Research Itineraries 1934-1954
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A: Chronologies
  • Appendix B: Documents
  • Appendix C: Background Material
  • Appendix D: Enrico Fermi's Bibliography.

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