Ettore Majorana, Scientific Papers: On Occasion Of The Centenary Of His Birth

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With this volume the Italian Physical Society presents a collection of Ettore Majorana's scientific papers (note scientifiche) in the original language and, for the first time - with three exceptions - translated into English. Each paper is then followed by a comment (in English) of an expert in the scientific field. Contributors to the comments are Ennio Arimondo, Nicola Cabibbo, Massimo Inguscio, Luciano Maiani, Rosario Nunzio Mantegna, Francesco Minardi, Luigi Radicati di Brozolo and Antonio Sasso. A century after his birth Ettore Majorana is rightfully considered one of the greatest physicists of the first half of the last century. This volume will be of interest to the specialists of the History of Science and to the physicists concerned with problems related to Majorana's contributions.

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English translation of the original Italian texts by P. Radicati di Brozolo (papers no. 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Preliminary notes for the inaugural lecture), N. Robotti and F. Guerra (paper no. 1b), C. A. Orzalesi (paper no. 7), L. Maiani (paper no. 9) and R. N. Mantegna (paper no. 10). English translation from the original German text by V. Wehrli-Brink (paper no. 8a) H. Winter is gratefully acknowledged for carefully reading the proofs and for translating into German the notes of the Editor of paper no. 8a Original versions and English translations with revisions by the Editors Cover design: Muon Neutrino from the project “Perception of the Extreme Unseen - Visual Representation of Subatomic Particle Energy and Matter”. A collaboration between design and physics at the University of Michigan 2002-05 by Drs. G. Kane, D. Gerdes and Industrial Designer J. H. Andersen. (Courtesy of J. H. Andersen) Graphic elaborated by S. Oleandri The portraits and photographs of Ettore Majorana are published by kind permission of the Majorana family, E. Recami and B. Piqu´e.
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