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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…
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Enrico Fermi: a forgotten article written for Italian teachers
Emanuele Goldoni, Ledo Stefanini
In 1929, Enrico Fermi wrote "Problemi attuali della fisica" ("Contemporary Problems of Physics"), a short article in Italian published in the magazine "Annali dell'istruzione media…