History of Physics The Milan Institute of Physics: A Research Institute from Fascism to the Reconstruction, (Hardcover)

Physics in Milan before the foundation of the University of Milan.- The Institute of Complementary Physics: Aldo Pontremoli and the 1928 polar expedition.- The Institute of Physics in 1930-45: Giovanni Polvani, the impact of Fascism and the war on the physics community.- Giovanni Gentile jr and the intermediate statistics.- The post-war reconstruction of the Institute of Physics.- Cosmic-ray physics: from Giuseppe Cocconi's cloud chambers to Beppo Occhialini's nuclear emulsions.- Nuclear physics: the collaboration with the C.I.S.E. (Centro Informazioni Studi Esperienze) and the I.N.F.N. (National Institute of Nuclear Physics).- Theoretical physics: the contributions by Piero Caldirola and his school.