Ettore Majorana’s Course on Theoretical Physics: A Recent Discovery |
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Authors: | Antonino Drago Salvatore Esposito |
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Institution: | (1) Gruppo di Storia della Fisica, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II” Complesso Universitario di M. S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, 80126 Naples, Italy;(2) Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II” and INFN Sezione di Napoli Complesso Universitario di M. S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy |
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Abstract: | 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.
Antonino Drago is a retired professor of history of physics at the University of Naples “Federico II.” Salvatore Esposito
is a researcher on theoretical physics and history of physics at the University of Naples “Federico II.” |
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Keywords: | Ettore Majorana Enrico Fermi Antonio Carrelli Gilda Senatore Sebastiano Sciuti Gilberto Bernardini Edoardo Amaldi Giovanni Gentile Jr Eugenio Moreno Cesare Moreno University of Naples Domus Galilaeana theoretical physics quantum mechanics special relativity |
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