“And nothing else exists to constitute the Universe”: Augusto Righi and the ultimate physical reality at the dawn of the 20th Century

Bertozzi, Eugenio (2021) “And nothing else exists to constitute the Universe”: Augusto Righi and the ultimate physical reality at the dawn of the 20th Century. Il nuovo cimento C, 44 (4-5). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1826-9885

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Abstract

On 12 April 1907, the well-known physicist Augusto Righi gave a lecture-demonstration for the opening of the Institute of Physics of the University of Bologna and engaged the audience with the notion of “electrical constitution of matter”. The paper reconstructs Righi’s explanation and shows how the subject stimulated interesting philosophical debates at the dawn of the Century

Item Type: Article
Subjects: 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica
Depositing User: Marina Spanti
Date Deposited: 15 Oct 2021 09:41
Last Modified: 15 Oct 2021 09:41
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21397

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