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The Scientific Legacy of Beppo Occhialini
The thirtieth anniversary of the death of Beppo Occhialini, the cosmic-ray physicist associated among other things to the fundamental discoveries of the electron-positron pairs and of the pion thanks to his contributions to the development of the controlled cloud chamber and of new nuclear emulsions, is the occasion to publish his memoirs on the main events of his scientific life, which he dictated shortly before his death. This second edition of The Scientific Legacy of Beppo Occhialini takes us by the hand to appreciate the admiration if not the veneration he had for Patrick Blackett, the ironic rudeness of Lord Rutherford, or the troubled relationship with Cecil Powell. A particularly tho...
The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone
The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone, first published in 1999, tells the story of the saxophone, its history and technical development from Adolphe Sax (who invented it c. 1840) to the end of the twentieth century. It includes extensive accounts of the instrument's history in jazz, rock and classical music as well as providing practical performance guides. Discussion of the repertoire and soloists from 1850 to the present day includes accessible descriptions of contemporary techniques and trends, and moves into the electronic age with midi wind instruments. There is a discussion of the function of the saxophone in the orchestra, in 'light music' and in rock and pop studios, as well as of the saxophone quartet as an important chamber music medium. The contributors to this volume are some of the finest performers and experts on the saxophone.
The Scientific Legacy of Beppo Occhialini
The present volume is a collection of reviews, essays and personal reminiscences on Occhialini's scientific life and work. Through these recollections the reader will also gain a vivid impression of the pioneering days of elementary particle physics when new detection methods emerged, like the triggered cloud chamber and nuclear emulsions - two techniques perfected by Occhialini - which made progress on comic ray physics possible in the first place.
SECOND EDITION-ACCORDION AND WORLDÕS BEST CONTEMPORARY ACCORDIONISTS
SECOND EDITION-ACCORDION AND WORLD'S BEST CONTEMPORARY ACCORDIONISTS, ENCYCLOPEDIE UNIVERSELLE DES ACCORDEONISTES CONTEMPORAINS. ●ВСЕМИРНАЯ ЭНЦИКЛОПЕДИЯ СОВРЕМЕННЫХ АККОРДЕОНИСТОВ. Published by Times Square Press New York and the Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists, Inc. (FAMSPA). In collaboration with Stars Illustrated magazine, New York, and Accordion Stars Illustrated magazine.
Decoding the Stars: A Biography of Angelo Secchi, Jesuit and Scientist
Winner of the 2021 Donald E. Osterbrock Book Prize for Historical Astronomy In Decoding the Stars, Ileana Chinnici offers an account of the life of the Jesuit scientist Angelo Secchi (1818-1878). In addition to providing an invaluable account of Secchi’s life and work—something that has been sorely lacking in the English-language scholarship—this biography will be especially stimulating for those interested in the evolution of astrophysics as a discipline from the nineteenth century onward. Despite his eclecticism, reminiscent of the natural philosophers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Secchi was in many ways a very modern scientist: open to innovation and cooperation, and a promoter of popularization and citizen science. Secchi also appears fully inserted in the cultural context of his time: he participated in philosophical and scientific debates, spread new theories and ideas, but also suffered the consequences of political events that marked those years and impacted on his life and activities.
Firenze e l’Università
Una storia dei 100 anni dell’Ateneo, calata nella lunga durata dell’alta formazione in città, dalle origini medievali e proto-moderne, alla sua progressiva istituzionalizzazione, alla vigilia dell’Unità e quindi nel periodo di Firenze capitale, sino alla nascita della Università degli Studi, il primo ottobre del 1924. Nel ventennio fascista, l’Ateneo conosce un significativo sviluppo, ma subisce, pesantemente, l’invadenza del regime. Protagonista, con i suoi uomini migliori, della progettazione della Repubblica, intreccerà, con la ricchissima articolazione del territorio, una fitta rete di relazioni, accompagnandone la crescita e ricevendone stimoli profondi, in una dialettica – qui attentamente ricostruita – che vedrà la progressiva trasformazione di un insegnamento, troppo a lungo elitario, in università di massa, in parallelo ai profondi mutamenti del paese.
