Ettore Majorana's Inaugural Lecture on Theoretical Physics (Naples, Italy; Jan.13, 1938)
Bruno Preziosi, Erasmo Recami

TL;DR
This paper presents the notes and comments on Ettore Majorana's inaugural lecture on theoretical physics, highlighting his scientific insights and pedagogical approach, published for the centenary of his birth.
Contribution
It makes known Majorana's inaugural lecture notes and comments, providing insights into his scientific and teaching philosophy, which were previously unpublished.
Findings
Majorana's interest in effective teaching methods
His scientific insights on classical and quantum physics
Historical context of his academic recognition
Abstract
Ettore Majorana was a member of Enrico Fermi's research group in Rome, Italy. Fermi did regard Majorana as much brihter than himself as far as theoretical physics was concerned (more information can be found particularly in the arXives' e-print physics/9810023, in Italian, and refs therein, and also in the recent multilanguage arXiv:0708.2855v1 [physics.hist-ph]). In 1937 Majorana partecipated in the national Italian competition, for a chair in theoretical phyics, requested by Emilio Segre' at that time at Palermo University: Other competitors being GC.Wick, G.Racah, and G.Gentile jr. After a proposal of the judging Commette, chaired by E.Fermi, Majorana got a full-professorship at Naples University, for exceptional scientific merits, outside the competition normal procedures. In this e-print we make known the notes prepared by Majorana for his Inaugural Lecture (and discovered long…
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TopicsTwentieth Century Scientific Developments · International Science and Diplomacy
