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The ABC’s of Science

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-55169-8

ISBN: 978-3-030-55168-1

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Nov 6, 2020

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Chapter 21Ulam. The Art of Simulation

Mussardo, Giuseppe

Pages: 195 –202

[At sunset, the desert gave its best: the canyons with their laced peaks were slowly tinged with amaranth, the cactuses cast long shadows on the golden stones and the large fireball of the sun floated softly on the horizon, so close as to be able almost to touch it. On the desolate mesa of Los...
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Chapter 22Venus. The Cruel Goddess

Mussardo, Giuseppe

Pages: 203 –211

[This is the story of a love, both tragic and crazy. A madness that lasted ten years, a passion that no war and no ocean was able to stop, a drama that took place between the South Seas and the coasts of India, between Mauritius and the rocks of Madagascar, between the beaches of the Philippines...
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Chapter 23Weil. The Brahmin of Mathematics

Mussardo, Giuseppe

Pages: 213 –221

[From the narrow streets of the Latin Quarter of Paris to the chaotic and dusty arteries of Bombay, from the polar cold of the Finnish tundras to the tropical Brazilian climate, from the Alsatian boulevards of Strasbourg to the austere northeastern buildings of Princeton. A prison sentence for...
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Chapter 24X-Rays. Seeing the Invisible

Mussardo, Giuseppe

Pages: 223 –230

[For Christmas of 1895, in addition to the usual greeting card, physicists from all over Europe received an envelope containing the X-ray of a long-fingered hand, adorned with a large ring: it was the hand of Mrs. Röntgen, portrayed in the world’s first X-ray images, taken by her husband, Wilhelm...
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Chapter 25Yang-Lee. The Puzzle of the Mirror

Mussardo, Giuseppe

Pages: 231 –239

[According to a Chinese legend, reported by Jorge Luis Borges, there was a time when the world of men and the world of mirrors were two separate realities; between them, there was no coincidence of shapes or colors, and each had its own laws and customs. Peace reigned between the two worlds, and...
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Chapter 26Zero. Someone Likes Cold

Mussardo, Giuseppe

Pages: 241 –248

[The beginning of the twentieth century witnessed a great interest in the conquest of the earth’s poles, the most inhospitable places on our planet. In the early years of the century, there was, in fact, a rapid succession of adventurous enterprises, often with dramatic results, sometimes...

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