Ettore Majorana’s Course on Theoretical Physics: a Recent Discovery
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We analyze in some detail the course of Theoretical Physics held by Ettore Majorana at the University of Naples in 1938, just before his mysterious disappearance. In particular we present the recently discovered ”Moreno Paper”, where all the lecture notes are reported. Six of these lectures are not present in the collection of the original manuscripts conserved at the Domus Galilaeana in Pisa, consisting of only ten lectures.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005