40 Years of History of Physics and Astronomy in Italy

Ivana Gambaro; Salvatore Esposito

doi:10.6093/978-88-6887-223-6

40 Years of History of Physics and Astronomy in Italy

Authors

Ivana Gambaro

University of Naples Genoa

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6124-758X

Salvatore Esposito

University of Naples Federico II

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3099-5574

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6887-223-6

Keywords:

Physics, Astronomy, History of Physics, History of Astronomy, Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy (SISFA)

Synopsis

Publisher: FedOA - Federico II University Press

Series: SISFA Studies in the History of Physics and Astronomy

Pages: 120

Language: Italian

NBN: http://nbn.depositolegale.it/resolver.pl?nbn=urn:nbn:it:unina-29901

Abstract: The rich calendar of initiatives organized by SISFA throughout 2021 to celebrate the first forty years of activity of the Italian community of Historians of Physics and Astronomy concluded with a Workshop, the Proceedings of which are presented here. In 1981, our community embarked on the common path that led to the foundation of the current Society in 1999. Already during our XLI National Congress held in Arezzo in September 2021, a special session commemorated the important anniversary. In that context, it was decided to organize a Workshop on December 15 and 16, 2021, to discuss and reflect more deeply on what happened in the past forty years. The organization was entrusted to members Fabio Bevilacqua, Ivana Gambaro, Pasquale Tucci and President Salvatore Esposito. The Proceedings of the two days are collected in these pages.

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Author Biographies

Ivana Gambaro, University of Naples Genoa

Ivana Gambaro is an Associate Professor qualified in the Didactics and History of Physics, and the Vice President of the Italian Society of Historians of Physics and Astronomy (SISFA). Her research interests are focused on the history of physics and astronomy in the 17th and 20th centuries, Italian scientific publications of the 19th century, philosophy of science, and the training of teachers in the scientific and philosophical fields.

Salvatore Esposito, University of Naples Federico II

Salvatore Esposito is an Associate Professor of the History of Physics at the University of Naples Federico II and the President of the Italian Society of Historians of Physics and Astronomy (SISFA). Recognized as one of the world experts on the published and unpublished works of Ettore Majorana, he has also directed his studies towards key figures in the history of contemporary physics and physics in the 18th and 19th centuries