Ettore Majorana, its neutrino legacy and beyond: a genius at work

por Salvatore Esposito (Univ. of Naples Federico II & INFN Sezione di Napoli)

viernes 31 oct. 2008 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Madrid

Sala Seminarios IFIC (Edf. Institutos de Investigación)

"In the world there are various categories of scientists: people of secondary or tertiary standing, who do their best but do not go very far. There are also those of high standing, who come to discoveries of great importance. But then there are geniuses like Galileo and Newton. Well, Ettore was one of them. Majorana had what no one else in the world has..." After a brief biographical sketch, in this talk I will focus on some major contributions by Majorana, mostly unknown, aimed at understanding one of the famous statements by Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi about his pupil (reported above).