Enrico Fermi : his work and legacy

Enrico Fermi's scientific work, noted for its originality and breadth, has had lasting consequences throughout modern science. Written by close colleagues as well as scientists whose fields were profoundly influenced by Fermi, the papers collected here constitute a tribute to him and his scientific legacy. They were commissioned on the occasion of his 100th birthday by the Italian Physical Society and confirm that Fermi was a rare combination of theorist, experimentalist, teacher, and inspiring colleague. The book is organized into three parts: three biographical overviews by close colleagues, replete with personal insights; fourteen analyses of Fermi's impact by specialists in their fields, spanning physics, chemistry, mathematics, and engineering; and a year-by-year chronology of Fermi's scientific endeavors. Written for a general scientific audience, "Enrico Fermi: His Work and Legacy" offers a highly readable source on the life of one of the 20th century's most distinguished scientists and a must for everybody interested in the history of modern science. TOC:Commemoration of Enrico Fermi (Edoardo Amaldi).- Commemoration of Enrico Fermi (Enrico Persico).- Enrico Fermi and Italian Physics (Franco Rasetti).- Enrico Fermi and solid state physics (Franco Bassani).- Fermi's Statistics (Giorgio Parisi).- Classical mechanics and the quantum revolution in Fermi's early works (Giovanni Gallavotti).- On the adiabatic invariants (Tullio Levi-Civita).- Fermi's coordinates and the principle of equivalence (Bruno Bertotti).- Fermi and quantum electrodynamics (Marcello Cini).-Weak interactions (Nicola Cabibbo).- Nuclear physics from the nineteen thirties to the presnt day (Ugo Amaldi).- The birth of nuclear energy: Fermi's pile (Carlo Salvetti)From the Chicago Pile 1 to the next-generation reactors (Augusto Gandini).- Reactors and nuclear technology: development in the world (Maurizio Cumo).- The scientific legacy of Fermi in particle physics (Maurice Jacob and Luciano Maiani).- Enrico Fermi's contributions to non-linear systems: the influence of an unpublished article (Massimo Falcioni and Angelo Vulpiani).- Fermi's last lessons (Renato Angelo Ricci).- Enrico Fermi's scientific work u(Lisa Bonolis).-Bibliography.- Index.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9788874380152 ; 8874380151 ; 9783540221418 ; 3540221417
• Dimensions: 25 cm
• Extent: XII, 410 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Ill., graph. Darst. ; Literaurangaben

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Physik
• Keyword: Fermi, Enrico

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin, Heidelberg, new York, Hong Kong, London, Milan, Paris, Tokyo
• (who): Springer
• (when): 2004
• Contributor: Bernardini, Carlo ; Società italiana di fisica

Further information

• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/971074216/04
• Rights: Bei diesem Objekt liegt nur das Inhaltsverzeichnis digital vor. Der Zugriff darauf ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 11.03.2025, 12:26 PM CET