Emilio Gino Segrè fu un fisico e premio Nobel. Il suo lavoro si concentrò sulla fisica sperimentale e sulla scoperta dell'antiprotone. I contributi scientifici di Segrè hanno profondamente ampliato la nostra comprensione delle particelle subatomiche.
Personaggi e scoperte della fisica classica. Personaggi e scoperte della fisica contemporanea
Volume 1: Da Galileo alla termodinamica Volume 2: Da Rutherford ai quark Da Galileo a Newton, da Volta a Fermi, Segrè traccia i profili dei maggiori scienziati dell'umanità e insieme rivela le strategie di ricerca e le conseguenze storiche, sociali e culturali che sono derivate dalle scoperte.
A Nobel Laureate offers impressions and recollections of the development of modern physics. Rather than a chronological approach, Segrè emphasizes interesting, complex personalities who often appear only in footnotes. Readers will find that this book adds considerably to their understanding of science and includes compelling topics of current interest. 1980 edition.IntroductionH. Becquerel, the Curies, and the discovery of radioactivityRutherford in the new world : the transmutation of elementsPlanck, unwilling revolutionary : the idea of quantizationEinstein, new ways of thinking : space, time, relativity, and quantaSir Ernest and Lord Rutherford of NelsonBohr and atomic modelsA true quantum mechanics at lastThe wonder year 1932 : neutron, positron, deuterium, and other discoveriesEnrico Fermi and nuclear energyE.O. Lawrence and particle acceleratorsBeyond the nucleusNew branches from the old stumpConclusionsAppendix 1. Stefan's law, Wien's lawAppendix 2. Planck's hunt for the blackbody radiation formulaAppendix 3. Einstein's heuristic argument for postulating the existence of light quantaAppendix 4. Brownian motionAppendix 5. Blackbody energy fluctuations according to EinsteinAppendix 6. Specific heat of solids according to EinsteinAppendix 7. A and B of EinsteinAppendix 8. J.J. Thomson's parabola method for finding e/m of ionsAppendix 9. Bohr's hydrogen atomAppendix 10. Quantum mechanics in a nutshell.
Dies ist der zweite Band einer zweibändigen Geschichte der Physik, in der der italienische Nobelpreisträger die großen Physiker von Galilei bis zu Mößbauer, Feynman und Weinberg beschreibt.Aus dem Inhalt von Band 2:- Becquerel, die Curies und die Entdeckung der Radioaktivität- Planck, Revolutionär wider Willen- Einstein, neue Wege des Denkens- Bohr und die Atommodelle- Das Wunderjahr 1932- Enrico Fermi und die Kernenergie- E. O. Lawrence und die Teilchenbeschleuniger- Jenseits des Kerns