Nadia Robotti is an Italian historian of physics specializing in Italian physics from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, including the works of Enrico Fermi, Ettore Majorana, and Bruno Pontecorvo. She is a professor of physics at the University of Genoa and an external project leader at the Museo storico della fisica e Centro di studi e ricerche "Enrico Fermi" [it].[1]

Books

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Robotti's books include:

  • Fisica, meteorologia e sismologia nell'Ottocento. Il contributo del Seminario Vescovile di Chiavari (with Alessandro Paoletti, University of Genoa, 2000)[2]
  • Ettore Majorana: Aspects of His Scientific and Academic Activity (with Francesco Guerra, Scuola Normale Superiore, 2008)[3]
  • The Lost Notebook of Enrico Fermi: The True Story of the Discovery of Neutron-Induced Radioactivity (with Francesco Guerra, Springer, 2018, translated from a 2015 Italian edition by Christine V. Pennison).[4]

Recognition

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In 2008, the Italian Physical Society gave Robotti their prize in history of physics for her work on Majorana.[1] She was the recipient of the 2017 International Prize "Le Muse" for history, the first winner to work in the history of science.[5]

She was elected as a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in 2007, and as a full member in 2019.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Nadia Robotti, Museo storico della fisica e Centro di studi e ricerche "Enrico Fermi", retrieved 2023-09-04
  2. ^ Miniati, Mara (January 2002), "Review of Fisica, meteorologia e sismologia nell'Ottocento", Nuncius, 17 (1): 378–378, doi:10.1163/221058702x00823
  3. ^ Bonolis, Luisa (2009), "Review of Ettore Majorana", Nuncius, 24 (2): 540–541, doi:10.1163/182539109x00912
  4. ^ Bettini, A., "Review of The Lost Notebook of Enrico Fermi", Il Nuovo Saggiatore (in Italian), Italian Physical Society
  5. ^ Oleandri, A. (31 July 2017), "Il prestigioso Premio "Le Muse" alla Storia della Fisica", SIF Prima Pagina, Italian Physical Society, retrieved 2023-09-04
  6. ^ Membres correspondants et membres effectifs (in French), International Academy of the History of Science, retrieved 2023-09-04