2 papers
physics.hist-ph2025
Slow neutrons in Palermo: a forgotten conference by Enrico Fermi
Emanuele Goldoni, Ledo Stefanini
On October 22, 1934, in a famous experiment, Enrico Fermi and his colleagues discovered that a significant increase in induced radioactivity can be obtained when neutrons are slowe…
physics.ed-ph2020
A Century of Light-Bending Measurements: Bringing Solar Eclipses into the Classroom
Emanuele Goldoni, Ledo Stefanini
In 1919, Eddington and Dyson led two famous expeditions to measure the bending of light during a total solar eclipse. The results of this effort led to the first experimental confi…