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K. H. Bennemann and
J. B. Ketterson (Editors)
D. Gross, M. Henneaux and
A. Sevrin (Editors)
Novel Superfluids
The Theory of the Quantum World
Proceedings of the
25th Solvay Conference on Physics
World Scientific, Singapore, 2013
pp. XXIII + 362, $ 48.00, £ 32.00
Vol.1
Oxford University Press, U. K., 2013
pp. XV + 624, £ 125
Recensione di
J. P. Toennies
Pubblicata online
3 settembre 2013
Pubblicata online
6 settembre 2013
V. Stefanov Gerdjikov, G. Vilasi and
A. Borissov Yanovski (Editors)
M. Agio and A. Alù (Editors)
Optical Antennas
Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, 2013
pp. 453, £85.00
Integrable Hamiltonian Hierarchies
Spectral and Geometric Methods
Lecture Notes in Physics, 748
Springer, Berlin, 2008
pp. XII + 643, £72.12
Pubblicata online
27 settembre 2013
Recensione di
A. Yoshioka
Recensione di
V. Celli
Recensione di
G. Benedek
Pubblicata online
5 novembre 2013
M. Inguscio
S. Roncoroni
Fisica atomica allo zero assoluto
Ettore Majorana, lo scomparso
Dialoghi Scienza. Di Renzo Editore,
2012
pp. 69, € 12.00
e la decisione irrevocabile
Editori Internazionali Riuniti, 2013
pp. 416, € 18
Recensione di
L. Belloni
Recensione di
F. Guerra,
N. Robotti
Pubblicata online
6 novembre 2013
Pubblicata online
19 novembre 2013
I. M. Khalatnikov
J. V. José (Editor)
From the Atomic Bomb to the
Landau Institute
40 Years of
Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Theory
Autobiography. Top Non-secret
World Scientific, Singapore, 2013
pp. XII + 351; £ 25.00
Springer, Berlin, 2012
pp. 214, € 51,95
Recensione di
G. Benedek
Recensione di
G. Benedek
Pubblicata online
27 novembre 2013
90 < il nuovo saggiatore
Pubblicata online
16 dicembre 2013
S.M. Bilenky, T.D. Blokhintseva, L. Cifarelli, V.A. Matveev,
I.G. Pokrovskaya and M.G. Sapozhnikov (Editors)
in ricordo di
Bruno Pontecorvo Selected Scientific Works
Recollections on Bruno Pontecorvo
Second edition
SIF, Bologna, 2013
pp. 720, € 70,00
The book under review was published by
the Italian Physical Society (Societa Italiana
di Fisica, SIF) to celebrate the centennial
anniversary of the birth of a great scientist and
man of the XX century – Bruno Pontecorvo,
who has made an extraordinary contribution to
different fields of Nuclear and Particle physics
and whose scientific intuition and human
principles are difficult to overestimate.
It is a second edition of Bruno Pontecorvo
selected scientific works and recollections
of different people. Compared to the first
edition, published in 1997 on the occasion
of the SIF centenary (1897-1997), the book
contains significant additional material, such as
a complete bibliography, new photos, personal
documents and new special contributions and
recollections.
The section of scientific works in the book
remains unchanged compared to the first
edition. The papers for this section were
already carefully selected on the basis of
their importance for the present-day physics.
The section is organized in a chronological
order which also gives the advantage of
tracing the evolution of scientific interests and
development of ideas of this great physicist
with a very wide scientific scope. In this section
the reader may also find especially interesting
articles written by Pontecorvo on the history
of science, his personal recollections about
Enrico Fermi and the autobiography, in which
the honest and intellectual spirit of Bruno
Pontecorvo becomes evident.
A significant part of the book is devoted
to the recollections on Bruno Pontecorvo
written by people, who met him in different
periods of his life, in different countries and
on different occasions. They were his friends,
coauthors, colleagues, pupils. Their articles
are very different and describe general and
particular things about Bruno Pontecorvo,
but it is interesting to see their common feeling
of great love and respect for this extraordinary
man.
The book also contains numerous documental
and photographic materials about Bruno
Pontecorvo and his family. These photos create
an evocative atmosphere for the reader and
give a good flavor of the different scientific,
cultural, pedagogical, sportive and other
aspects of his life.
The longest period of the life of Bruno
Pontecorvo (from 1950 till 1993) was
connected to the town of Dubna, Moscow
region, and his work at the Joint Institute for
Nuclear Research (JINR). The study of Bruno
Pontecorvo at this Institute is kept unchanged
since his times. To commemorate this
important place for the progress and history of
science the European Physical Society (EPS) has
established a new EPS Historic Site at JINR. The
photo of the memorial plaque at the entrance
of Bruno Pontecorvo’s study at JINR and a
short description of the unveiling ceremony
which took place on 22 February 2013 was also
included in the new edition of the book.
In conclusion, the book contains significant
material about the life and scientific, human
and cultural heritage of a great scientist and
man – Bruno Pontecorvo. The material in the
book is well selected and organized. It will be
very interesting and useful for a wide range of
readers: scientists, students, biographists and
people interested in the history of science.
A. Olshevskiy
JINR, Dubna
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Elena Sassi
San Martino in Pensilis (CB),
27 marzo 1939 Genova, 24 settembre 2013
Rosa Maria Sperandeo Mineo
Marisa Michelini
Pubblicato online
21 ottobre 2013
Romeo Bassoli
Sesto San Giovanni (MI),
20 giugno 1954 Roma, 16 ottobre 2013
Pier Andrea Mandò
Pubblicato online
6 novembre 2013
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