Teaching Theoretical Physics: the cases of Enrico Fermi and Ettore Majorana

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dc.creatorDe Gregorio, A.
dc.creatorEsposito, S.
dc.date2006-02-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:07:42Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:07:42Z
dc.descriptionWe report on theoretical courses by Fermi and Majorana, giving evidence of the first appearance and further development of Quantum Mechanics teaching in Italy. On the basis of original documents, we make a comparison between Fermi's and Majorana's approaches. A detailed analysis is carried out of Fermi's course on Theoretical Physics attended by Majorana in 1927-28. Three (previously unknown) programs on advanced Physics courses submitted by Majorana to the University of Rome between 1933 and 1936 and the course he held in Naples in 1938 complete our analysis: Fermi's phenomenological approach resounded in Majorana, who however combined it with a deeper theoretical approach, closer to the modern way of presenting Quantum Mechanics.
dc.descriptionlatex, 21 pages; a contribution in the centenary of the birth of Ettore Majorana
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0602146
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0602146
dc.identifierAm.J.Phys.75:781-790,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1119/1.2746360
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/189934
dc.subjectHistory and Philosophy of Physics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectPhysics Education
dc.subjectGeneral Physics
dc.subjectPopular Physics
dc.titleTeaching Theoretical Physics: the cases of Enrico Fermi and Ettore Majorana
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