Mauro Dardo
Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica
Università del Piemonte Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro"
V.le Teresa Michel, 11 - 15121 - Alessandria - Italia
| Telefono: | +39 0131 360 156 |
| Email: | mauro.dardo@mfn.unipmn.it |
Mauro Dardo è Professore Emerito presso l'Università del Piemonte Orientale. E' stato professore di fisica presso le università di Cagliari e di Torino. Ha partecipato a programmi di ricerca nel campo dei raggi cosmici, della fisica delle particelle elementari, e dell'astrofisica delle alte energie. I suoi attuali interessi sono rivolti alla storia della scienza, e alla diffusione della cultura scientifica. Vive a Torino, l'antica capitale reale dell'Italia, circondata dalle Alpi.
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'The bulk of the book is straightforward and highly readable chronological
account of the Nobel Prize awards ... The plain language and clear
descriptions of (in some cases) complex phenomena render this book an
excellent read for a long journey.'
'Mauro Dardo's book is about the Nobel prizes for physics from their inception
in 1901 until the present. The book succeeds magnificently in presenting the
remarkable advances made in our understanding of the physical world in the
course of the past century.'
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'Noble endeavours and Nobel prizes appear in this exploration
of modern physics through the people who discovered it.'
'Dardo has been remarkably successful in assembling a year-by-year survey
of the 20th century physics and its geniuses within 500 pages, well
illustrated by many small historical, often informal, pictures and some
helpful diagrams. ... dipping into a chapter is a delight that yields an
absorbing read and readily leads one via cross-referencing to
descriptions of both earlier and later achievements and Laureates.'
'The book is illustrated profusely with classic photographs of the
physicists, along with diagrams and graphs to explicate their ideas. An
appendix lists the prizes in chronological order. There is a glossary of
useful physical terms, references, a select bibliography, and a good
index. Highly recommended.'
This is a fine history of physics in the 20th century, and also serves as
a high-quality primer for the concepts that underlie quantum mechanics and
the standard model of particle physics. Dardo has put together a
well-illustrated, well-researched and interesting story.' |