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  • Laura Bassi–The World's First Woman Professor in Natural Philosophy

    An Iconic Physicist in Enlightenment Italy

    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book provides a fascinating insight into the life and scientific work of Laura Bassi, the first female member of the influential Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna and also the first woman to be appointed a university professor in physics, or universal philosophy as it was then termed. The book describes Laura Bassi’s research activities and achievements, explaining the influence ... Leer más

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  • Scientific Papers of Ettore Majorana

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    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book presents in full the work of the Italian theoretical physicist Ettore Majorana and explains its impacts, which are still being felt. It opens with a contribution by A. Zichichi that considers in depth the scientific genius of Majorana. This introductory chapter is followed, in chronological order, by the eleven scientific papers by this great scientist, in most cases translated into ... Leer más

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  • Galileo

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  • Galileo's Telescope

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    An innovative exploration of the development of a revolutionary optical device and how it changed the world.Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky changed forever, ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at both ends. Galileo's Telescope tells the story of how an ingenious optical device evolved from a toy-like curiosity into a precision scientific ... Leer más

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    And the Science Deniers

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