The Milan Institute of Physics

A Research Institute from Fascism to the Reconstruction

Leonardo Gariboldi, Luisa Bonolis, Antonella Testa (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 300 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-99515-7 (ISBN)

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This book offers the first comprehensive and authoritative text on the history of physics in Italy's industrial and financial capital, from the foundation of the University of Milan's Institute of Physics in 1924 up to the early 1960s, when it moved to its current location. It includes biographies and a historical-scientific analysis of the main research topics investigated by world-renowned physicists such as Aldo Pontremoli, Giovanni Polvani, Giovanni Gentile Jr., Beppo Occhialini, and Piero Caldirola, highlighting their contributions to the development of Italian physics in a national and international context. Further, the book provides a historical perspective on the interplay of physics and politics in Italy during both the Fascist regime and the postwar reconstruction period, which led to the creation of the CISE (Centro Informazioni Studi Esperienze, a research center for applied nuclear physics, funded by private industries) in 1946, and of the Milan division of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) in 1951.

lt;p>Leonardo Gariboldi is a research fellow in the History of Physics and Physics Education at the University of Milan. His research interests concern the history of nineteenth and twentieth-century physics, particularly with regard to Aldo Pontremoli, Beppo Occhialini, and the CISE nuclear research center. He teaches historical-scientific courses and cultural heritage degree courses and serves as the vice director of Brera Astronomical Museum.

Antonella Testa received her Master's degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in the History of International Relations with Multimedia Methodologies, from the Università degli Studi di Milano. Since 1994, she has been working at the Università degli Studi di Milano; her activities focus on the history of physics and astronomy-with special attention to the history of eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth-century scientific instruments, and their related institutions-and space science. She is also involved in scientific museology for the preservation of historical heritage in the academic context and has carried out several projects on formal and informal methodologies of scientific education and dissemination. For the past five years, she has been an adjunct professor of "Conservation and Valorization of Scientific Instruments" for the "Cultural Heritage Conservation Science" Master's degree program (Università degli Studi di Milano).

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	13.06.2022
Reihe/Serie	History of Physics
Zusatzinfo	XV, 300 p. 22 illus., 10 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	623 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	1928 Polar Expedition • 1955 Atoms for Peace conference • Aldo Pontremoli • Beppo Occhialini • CISE Centro Informazioni Studi Esperienze • cosmic rays • Giovanni Gentile jr • Giovanni Polvani • Milan Institute of Physics • Physics and Astronomy History of Science book • Physics and Fascism • Physics and Politics in Italy • Piero Caldirola
ISBN-10	3-030-99515-1 / 3030995151
ISBN-13	978-3-030-99515-7 / 9783030995157
Zustand	Neuware