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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gariboldi, Leonardo, author.

Bonolis, Luisa, author.

Testa, Antonella, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

History of physics (Springer (Firm)) 2730-7557

History of physics, 2730-7557

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Università degli Studi di Milano. Institute of Physics--History.

Università degli Studi di Milano.

Physics--Italy--Milan--History.

Physics.

Physics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Italy--Milan--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 300 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 15, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9783030995164

303099516X

Publisher Number:

99991186198

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.