Lesson For The Future Of Our Science, A: My Testimony On Lord Patrick M S Blackett
Lesson For The Future Of Our Science, A: My Testimony On Lord Patrick M S Blackett

Author: Antonino Zichichi

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2016-03-07

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 9814719439

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This unique volume contains a tribute to Lord Patrick M S Blackett through the testimony of Professor Antonino Zichichi, who was one of Blackett's pupils in the experiment at the Sphinx Observatory, Europe's highest lab (3580 meters a.s.l.), at Jungfraujoch. The book presents an overview of Blackett's most significant discoveries, such as the so called 'vacuum polarization' effect, the first example of 'virtual physics' and the 'strange particles', that opened a new horizon towards the existence of the subnuclear universe. After discussing the profound implications of Blackett's pioneering contributions to Subnuclear Physics, the book also recalls his deep interest in the promotion of scientific culture. Blackett was firmly convinced that physicists must be engaged directly to let the people outside our labs know what the role of science is in the progress of our civilisation. In particular, according to Blackett and his friend Bertrand Russell, the Manhattan Project was the example of how the new frontiers of science and technology would have been implemented in the future. In this respect, the role of dedicated institutions is discussed, as a new bridge between traditional university teaching and the big projects for the future of science and technology.

International Seminars On Nuclear War And Planetary Emergencies - 48th Session: The Role Of Science In The Third Millennium
International Seminars On Nuclear War And Planetary Emergencies - 48th Session: The Role Of Science In The Third Millennium

Author: Richard C Ragaini

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2016-07-28

Total Pages: 900

ISBN-13: 9813149000

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Proceedings of the 48th Session of the International Seminars on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies held in Erice, Sicily. This Seminar has again gathered, in 2015, over one hundred scientists from 43 countries in an interdisciplinary effort that has been going on for the last 32 years, to examine and analyze planetary problems which had been followed up, all year long, by the World Federation of Scientists' Permanent Monitoring Panels.

Memorial Volume On Abdus Salam's 90th Birthday
Memorial Volume On Abdus Salam's 90th Birthday

Author: Lars Brink

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2017-03-21

Total Pages: 543

ISBN-13: 9813144882

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'This book presents a timely set of academic and intellectual views on Salam’s scientific passion, contribution and personality, and will be of great interest to academics in the fields of particle physics, high energy physics and scientific history of the developing world.'Contemporary PhysicsIn honor of one of the most prolific and exciting scientists of the second half of the last century, a memorial meeting was organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies at Nanyang Technological University for Professor Abdus Salam's 90th Birthday in January 2016.Salam believed that 'scientific thought is the common heritage of all mankind' and that the developing world should play its part, not merely by importing technology but by being the arbiter of its own scientific destiny. That belief saw him rise from humble beginnings in a village in Pakistan to become one of the world's most original and influential particle physicists, culminating in the 1979 Nobel Prize (shared with Glashow and Weinberg) for contributions to electroweak unification, which forms an integral part of the Standard Model.The book collected the papers presented at this memorable event which saw many distinguished scientists participating as speakers to reflect on Prof Salam's great passion for the science and achievements.

A Lesson for the Future of Our Science
A Lesson for the Future of Our Science

Author: Antonino Zichichi

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9789814719421

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"This unique volume contains a tribute to Lord Patrick M.S. Blackett through the testimony of Professor Antonino Zichichi, who was one of Blackett's pupils in the experiment at the Sphinx Observatory, Europe's highest lab (3,580 meters a.s.l.), at Jungfraujoch.The book presents an overview of Blackett's most significant discoveries, such as the so called "vacuum polarization" effect, the first example of "virtual physics", and the "strange particles", that opened a new horizon towards the existence of the subnuclear universe. After discussing the profound implications of Blackett's pioneering contributions to Subnuclear Physics, the book also recalls his deep interest in the promotion of scientific culture. Blackett was firmly convinced that physicists must be engaged directly to let the people outside our labs know what the role of science is in the progress of our civilisation. In particular, according to Blackett and his friend Bertrand Russell, the Manhattan Project was the example of how the new frontiers of science and technology would have been implemented in the future. In this respect, the role of dedicated institutions is discussed, as a new bridge between traditional university teaching and the big projects for the future of science and technology"--

New Physics Frontiers In The Lhc - 2 Era, The - Proceedings Of The 54th Course Of The International School Of Subnuclear Physics
New Physics Frontiers In The Lhc - 2 Era, The - Proceedings Of The 54th Course Of The International School Of Subnuclear Physics

Author: Antonino Zichichi

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2019-06-24

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 9811206864

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In June 2016, a group of 167 physicists from 31 countries have met in Erice to participate in the 54th Course of the International School of Subnuclear Physics. The main focus of this year's course has been the new frontiers of Physics in the LHC-2 Era and in all labs the world over, as well as the new frontiers in related fields.